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Yuliya Solntseva
Directing
Born August 7, 1901 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Died October 28, 1989
Also known as Yulia Solntseva · J. Solntseva · Julia Solntseva
Biography
Yuliya Solntseva is a Soviet director and actress, known for The Enchanted Desna (1964), Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) and Poem of the Sea (1958). She is the first woman to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961).
Awards & recognition
- Stalin Prize · 1949
- Dovzhenko Gold Medal
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"
- Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- People's Artist of the RSFSR
- People's Artist of the USSR
