Grigoriy Chukhray
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... Read full bio →
Chistoe nebo
During the 1950s Sasha Lvova reminisces about the WW2 years when she fell in love with Soviet fighter pilot Aleksei Astakhov.
Ballada o soldate
During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.
Sorok pervyy
An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.