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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

22

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-05-23

Day of Death

2001-10-28 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Melitopol, Ukraine, USSR

Also Known As

Grigori Tchoukhrai

Григорий Чухрай

Grigoriy Chukhray

Biography

Grigoriy Chukhray was a Ukrainian filmmaker, who gained fame outside the Soviet Union for his films The Forty-First, shown at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, and especially Ballad of a Soldier, which won a special jury prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and prizes for Best Picture and Best Director at the 1960 San Francisco International Film Festival.

Known For

Acting

Production

Crew

Directing