Grigori Chukhrai

Григо́рий Нау́мович Чухра́й
1921-2001
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Grigori Chukhrai made just a handful of movies, each one memorable. I already talked here about Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате), which is a masterpiece, and I intend to talk soon about The Forty-First (Сорок первый), a remake after a Protazanov's film based on a story authored by Boris Lavrenev. I mentioned here all three names, as each of them treated the same subject in a subtly different manner. I'll come back (hopefully soon).

• Ballad of a Soldier, 1959
• The Forty-First

(Russian and Soviet Cinema)