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Yuliya Solntseva

Yuliya Solntseva

Юлия Солнцева

1901 – 1989·Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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).

Filmography

Bukovyna, Ukrainian Land

Bukovyna, Ukrainian Land

1939