Kira Muratova

Born: 1934-11-05

Kira Georgievna Muratova (Ukrainian: Кіра Георгіївна Мура́това; née Korotkova; 5 November 1934 – 6 June 2018; Soroca – Odesa) was a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress of Romanian/Jewish descent, known for her unusual directorial style. Muratova's films underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union, yet still Muratova managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in contemporary Cinema of Ukraine and Russian cinema and was able to build a very successful film career from 1960s onwards. She is People's Artist of Ukraine(1989); Academician of National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1997). Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1993) (in List of laureates at 1993 - № 12); Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize (2002). Muratova spent much of her artistic career in Odesa, creating most of her films at Odesa Film Studios. Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the most distinctive and singular oeuvres of cinematic world-making.'


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Brief Encounters

as Valentina Ivanovna
Released: 1967-12-13

Country girl Nadia moves to the city and becomes a maid in Valya's apartment. Valya, who is a...

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Spring Rain

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-01

A sweet romance unfolds between two young factory workers who meet on a train and set out to...

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Dangerous Tour

as Nina Aleksandrovna, revolutioner
Released: 1969-12-07

Based on the events that took place in Odessa in 1910, when, on the instructions of the Foreign...

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I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-01

This glasnost-era documentary, which incorporates footage from films from the 1920s through the...

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The Garden of Desires

as Sorceress
Released: 1987-01-01

The film is set during the last summer before the Great Patriotic War. Three sisters are coming...

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What Beat You Nothing

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-08-31

Alla Demidova ranks among the greatest actresses to have graced the Russian-language stage over...

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Kira

as herself
Released: 2003-06-15

Film about the work of Ukrainian film director Kira Muratova.

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