Marlen Khutsiyev
Date of birth: 1925-10-04
Place of birth: Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Marlen Khutsiev, Marlen Khutsyyev, Marlen Khutsyev, Marlen Chuziew, Marlen Hutsijev, M. Khutsiev, M. Khutsiyev, M. Kutsiyev, M.Khutsiev, Марле́н Марты́нович Хуци́ев, Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev, М. Хуциев
Biography
Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev (Russian: Марле́н Марты́нович Хуци́ев; 4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and July Rain. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. Khutsiev studied film in the directing department at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), graduating in 1952. He worked as a director at the Odessa film studio from 1952 to 1958, and worked full-time as a director at Mosfilm from 1965 onward. Khutsiev's first feature film, Spring on Zarechnaya Street (1956), encapsulated the mood of the Khrushchev Thaw and went on to become one of the top box-office draws of the 1950s. Three years later, Khutsiev launched Vasily Shukshin "as a new kind of popular hero" by starring him in Two Fyodors. His two masterpieces of the 1960s, however, were panned by the authorities, forcing Khutsiev into something of an artistic silence. In 1978, Khutsiev began teaching film directing master classes at the VGIK.) His 1991 film Infinitas won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Movie Credits
Александр Белявский. Личное дело Фокса
2012-10-12
Intervention
1987-05-10
The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are se
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969-06-06
In 1920, just 3 years after the October revolution, the peoples had to decide between conforming to
People of 1941
2001-06-17
The second World War echoes throughout the whole Khutsiyev's oeuvre. The director himself did not pa
A Georgian Toast
2020-10-01
During the filming of the documentary film “The Gift”, Giuliano Fratini meets the master Marlen Khut
Khutsiev. Action Starts!
2015-06-01
In October of 2015 Marlen Khutsiev turned 90. The master had no intention of retiring, he was workin
Cinematic Language of the Era: Marlen Khutsiev
2023-09-15
The documentary film "Cinematic Language of the Era: Marlen Khutsiev" is timed to coincide with the
The Gift
2019-04-10
After the release of "Nostalgia", Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to wor
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017-01-01
To be somewhere precise yet stand nowhere at all, to embody one’s convictions, yet never miss the es
On the Day of the Holiday
1978-03-09
About one day of a large mining family. In the center of the picture is a veteran, a former miner, a
Into_nation of Big Odesa
2018-04-23
In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of diff
VGIK: Teachers and Students Talk About the Profession
1979-03-22
The story of VGIK teachers and students about the acting profession.
Andrei Tarkovsky: Hard to Be a God
2019-02-26
Andrei Tarkovsky is the most famous Russian director, often called a genius during his lifetime. He