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Marlen Khutsiyev
Marlen Khutsiyev
93 years (Oct 4, 1925 – Mar 19, 2019)
Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR
8 Directed
1 TV Directed
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Is Marlen Khutsiyev still alive?
Marlen Khutsiyev passed away on March 19, 2019 at age 93.
What are the most famous roles of Marlen Khutsiyev?
Marlen Khutsiyev is best known for directing I Am Twenty, Spring on Zarechnaya Street, July Rain.
How many movies has Marlen Khutsiyev directed?
Over a 63-year career (since 1956), Marlen Khutsiyev has directed or written 8 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Marlen Khutsiyev's first movie?
The career of Marlen Khutsiyev began with Spring on Zarechnaya Street (1956).
What is Marlen Khutsiyev's most recent movie or series?
Marlen Khutsiyev's most recent release is Unfading, which premiered on October 18, 2026.
What TV shows has Marlen Khutsiyev created or directed?
On television, Marlen Khutsiyev has appeared in Dzhura - Hunter from Min-Arkhar.
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Marlen Khutsiyev
Marlen Khutsiyev
1925-10-04 · Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR

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 Odesa 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.

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