Vasiliy Shukshin

Active years (films on this site)

1956–1975

Genres

DramaWarRomanceShort filmCrime

Schools and movements

Soviet Poetic CinemaSoviet ThawContemporary European Art CinemaSlow and Contemplative Cinema

Biography

Vasily Makarovich Shukshin was a Soviet and Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A prominent member of the Village Prose movement, he began writing short stories in his early teenage years and later transitioned to acting by his late 20s.

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Awards and honours

International

• Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1967

National / local

• Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR 1967
• Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1969
• USSR State Prize 1971
• Lenin Prize 1976

Directors worked with

Yuri Ozerov2 filmsAndrei Tarkovsky1 filmLev Kulidzhanov1 filmAAlexander Askoldov1 filmSergei Gerasimov1 filmSergei Bondarchuk1 film

7 films on this site

1. The Killers (1956) 1956 · Andrei Tarkovsky · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
2. When the Trees Were Tall 1961 · Lev Kulidzhanov · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
3. Commissar 1967 · Alexander Askoldov · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
4. By the Lake 1970 · Sergei Gerasimov · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
5. Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin 1971 · Yuri Ozerov · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
6. Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault 1971 · Yuri Ozerov · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
7. They Fought for Their Country 1975 · Sergei Bondarchuk · IMDb 7.7 · Cast