Vasiliy Shukshin

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    July 25, 1929

    Day of Death

    October 2, 1974 (45 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Srostki, Srostinskiy rayon, Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

    Vasiliy Shukshin

    Biography

    Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.

    Known For

    • Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

      Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

      1970

    • The Killers

      The Killers

      1956

    • The Red Snowball Tree

      The Red Snowball Tree

      1974

    • They Fought for Their Motherland

      They Fought for Their Motherland

      1975

    • The Commissar

      The Commissar

      1967

    • When the Trees Were Tall

      When the Trees Were Tall

      1961

    • Liberation: Battle for Berlin

      Liberation: Battle for Berlin

      1971

    • Liberation: The Break Through

      Liberation: The Break Through

      1970

    • And in the Morning They Woke Up

      And in the Morning They Woke Up

      2003

    • Happy-Go-Lucky

      Happy-Go-Lucky

      1972

    • I Wish to Speak

      I Wish to Speak

      1976

    • The Silence of Pelešjan

      The Silence of Pelešjan

      2011

    • Alyonka

      Alyonka

      1962

    • A Simple Story

      A Simple Story

      1960

    • The Two Fedors

      The Two Fedors

      1958