As Director, As Writer
Eternal Homecoming
2013
5.1
Kira Muratova
Acting
Birth date
November 5, 1934
Birth place
Soroca, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova)
Death date
June 6, 2018
Biography
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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Melody for a Street Organ
2009
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Two in One
2007
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Dummy
2007
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The Certificate
2005
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The Piano Tuner
2004
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Chekhovian Motifs
2002
4.1
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Second Class Citizens
2001
3.0
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Letter to America
1999
2.8
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Three Stories
1997
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Passions
1994
3.0
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The Sentimental Policeman
1992
3.8
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The Asthenic Syndrome
1989
5.4
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I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
1988
5.7
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Change of Fortune
1987
3.9
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The Long Farewell
1987
6.4
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Among Grey Stones
1983
3.3
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Brief Encounters
1967
5.7
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Our Honest Bread
1964
3.5
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By the Ravine
1962
3.2