Savva Yakovlevich Kulish (russian: Са́вва Я́ковлевич Кули́ш; 17 October 1936 – 9 June 2001) was a Soviet

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and

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. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1994. His 1979 film ''

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'' won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. He was awarded with the

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

in 1995.Указ Президента РФ от 19 октября 1995 г. N 1062 «О присвоении почётных званий Российской Федерации»

Selected filmography

* ''

Dead Season ''Dead Season'' (russian: Мёртвый сезон, translit. Myortvyy sezon) is a 1968 Soviet spy film directed by Savva Kulish based on a screenplay by Aleksandr Shlepyanov and Vladimir Vajnshtok and featuring Donatas Banionis and Rolan ...

'' (1968) — director * ''

'' (1979) — director * '' Fairy tales... fairy tales... fairy tales of the old Arbat'' (1982) — director, screenwriter * ''

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'' (1986) — screenwriter * ''

Tragedy, Rock Style ''Tragedy, Rock Style'' (russian: Трагедия в стиле рок) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Savva Kulish. Plot The film tells about a young man named Vitya Bodrov, who is invited to court in the case of his father, accused o ...

'' (1988) — director, screenwriter * '' Stalin's Funeral'' (1990) — actor

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* 1936 births 2001 deaths Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters Russian film directors Male screenwriters Film people from Odesa People's Artists of Russia Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery 20th-century Russian screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers {{USSR-film-director-stub