Mr. Chuhrai Biography

The principles of life in the war also work in the cinema 3. Fellini's favorite reward 6. Alien films were more expensive than his own paintings in Cannes, Khrushchev loved his films, and Kosygin supported the experimental film studio. He shot only eight films, but forever entered the world history of cinema. When a set of volunteers in the airborne troops was announced in August, Chuhrai, who then served in the infantry, immediately filed a report and hit the front with the paratrooper.

As a paratrooper, he was repeatedly thrown into the rear of the enemy. For heroism and courage, he was awarded numerous orders and medals. Subsequently, he wrote a book of memoirs “My War”. In the trenches, he did not have the opportunity to study the history of art and read classical literature, therefore, when he could not answer the questions of the teachers in exams, Chukhrai said: “If someone in battle did not justify our hopes, then not because he did not know the fighting or treating weapons, but because at a critical moment he did not have enough sense of duty and own dignity.

I tried to support these feelings. In art I will do the same. ” Such an answer was disarmed by the commission, and Chukhrai was admitted to the institute. By the way, he did not violate his promise. The director believed that for every film shot, as for any human act, one must be responsible for conscience. The first film, shot by him as a director, earned a huge success. Grigory Chuhrai clearly knew how he wanted to see the future film, it was important for him to convey his vision of the civil war.

But the author of the script Grigory Koltunov had different tasks - to smooth out sharp corners and release the picture that would suit the leadership. Chukhrai could not come to an agreement with the screenwriter, so he decided to move away from the text and make the film as he feels, and not as he wrote a cautious Koltunov. Such the liberties and denunciation of the screenwriter, in which he called the “forty -first” “White Guard cooking”, almost brought the case to court.

Chukhrai's career was at risk. There, the “forty -first” was marked by the prize “For the original script and exceptional artistic merits”, and Chukhrai got the opportunity to shoot further. He wanted to pay tribute to those with whom he went to battle together and who did not return from the war. But the film was again subjected to ideological criticism. In the opinion of the opponents of Chukhrai, the film did not raise the viewer, did not cause patriotic feelings.

Separate episodes were demanded of the director, but he flatly refused. As a result, the picture was prohibited for showing in large cities, which immediately blocked the path to a wide audience. But by the will of fate, the film nevertheless struck his way. Nikita Khrushchev looked again, who ordered this film by Chukhrai to Cannes, where the “Ballad of a Soldier” received two awards at once: “For the best film for the youth” and the prize “For high humanism and exceptional artistic qualities.

Fellini's favorite reward of all the director shot eight paintings, including the Soviet-Italian tape “Life is Beautiful” with Ornella Muti and Dzhancarlo Jannini. An old friendship was associated with the Italians. Then the Soviet nomenclatures tried by hook or by crook to award the prize of the domestic production drama "Meet Baluev." Chukhrai, who headed the jury of the festival, risking his own career, ensured that the film “Eight and a half” was awarded.

Alien films are more expensive than his own Chukhrai, not only as a director, but also as a talented leader. For ten years he headed the experimental creative film studio of ETK - an innovative organization from the point of view of the economy. The studio, unlike other Soviet film production, paid for itself and brought serious profit. This was facilitated by the principle of personal interest of employees exotic in the framework of the Soviet planned economy, for example, the salary of the director depended on the success of his film in the box office and a more meticulous approach to expenses - the picture was planned longer and faster, employees worked less, but they worked more efficiently.