Grigoriy Chukhray(1921-2001)

Director
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Studied at the Moscow Cinema Institute under Soviet film master Mikhail Romm. He found fame after his 1959 film "Ballad of a Soldier" which is considered one of the best Soviet war films and which has played all over the world.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 10 wins & 5 nominations total

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Ballad of a Soldier

8.2

Director

1959

Clear Skies

7.2

Director

1961

The Forty-First

7.5

Director

1956

There Lived an Old Man and an Old Woman

7.0

Director

1965

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Todfeinde - Vom Sterben und Überleben in Stalingrad
TV Movie
- Director (as Grigorij Tschuchraij)
- 1992
Ya nauchu vas mechtat...
7.1
- Director
- 1984
Life Is Beautiful
6.5
- Director
- 1979
Tryasina
7.2
- Director
- 1978
Pamyat
- Director
- 1973
People!
- Director
- 1966
There Lived an Old Man and an Old Woman
7.0
- Director
- 1965
Clear Skies
7.2
- Director
- 1961
Ballad of a Soldier
8.2
- Director
- 1959
The Forty-First
7.5
- Director
- 1956

Writer

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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Alternative names
- Grigory Chukhrai
Born
- May 23, 1921
- Melitopol, Ukraine
Died
- October 28, 2001
- Moscow, Russia(heart failure)
Spouse
- Iraida Pawlowna Penkova? - October 28, 2001 (his death, 2 children)

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Served as a paratrooper and infantry officer in World War II. Wounded 5 times and decorated for bravery.

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