Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

Born in Samara, Russia. Started writing for Russian films in 1954 with CHEMPION MIRA / WORLD CHAMPION. Other notable writing credits (alone or in collaboration) include LYANA (1955), CHELOVEK S PLANETY ZEMIYA / THE MAN FROM PLANET EARTH (1958), BALLADA O SOLDATE / BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (1959), BADI SHTASTIVA, ANI! / BE HAPPY, ANI! (1961), TRIDTSAT TRI (NENAUCHNAYA FANTASTIKA) / 33 (1965), KRYLYA / WINGS (1966), MUZHSKOY NAZGOVOR / MAN'S TALK (1968), DVORYANSKOE GNEZDO / A NEST OF GENTRY (1969), BELOE SOLNTSE PUSTYNI / WHITE SUN OF THE DESERT (1970), ETO SLADKOE SLOVO - SVOBODA! / THAT SWEET WORD: LIBERTY! (1973), ODINNADTSAT NADEZHD / ELEVEN HOPES (1975), VSYO RESHAYET MGNOVENIYE / A MOMENT DECIDES EVERYTHING (1978), TOCHKA OTSCHYOTA and SIBIRIADA (both 1979), TSVETY LUGOVYE / WILD FLOWERS (1980), DEVUSHKA I GRAND and ALEKSANDR MALENKIY (both 1981), VSYO MOGLO BYT INACHE and KRASNYE KOLOKOTA, FILM PERVYY - MEKSIKA V OGNE / MEXICO IN FLAMES (both 1982), PERVAYA KONNAYA / FIRST CAVALRY and LUNNAYA RADUGA / MOON RAINBOW (both 1984), POKLONIS DO ZEMLI / BOW YOUR HEAD and SOPERNITSY (both 1985), ZAVESHCHANIYE / TESTAMENT (1986), RAZ NA RAZ NE PRIKHODITSYA and KLINIKA (both 1987), ESPERANZA (1988), MARIA SI MIRABELLA IN TRANZISTORIA (1989), AJOOBA and MOY LUCHSHIY DRUG, GENERAL VASILIY, SYN LOSIFA / MY DEAREST FRIEND, GENERAL VASILI, THE SON OF STALIN (both 1991), GREKH / SIN (1992), and his last film, TSAR IVAN GROZNYY / TSAR IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1993).  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1961: BALLADA O SOLDATE (BALLAD OF A SOLDIER) (w. Grigori Chukhrai) 1 nomination