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Oleksandr Muratov

Born April 21, 1935 · Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]

Died April 14, 2025 · aged 89

Oleksandr Muratov (Олександр Муратов) is a Ukrainian film director, poet, and author. Between 1962–1968, Muratov was the director of the Odesa Film Studio, and from 1968 he was the director of the Kyiv-based Dovzhenko Film Studio. He lives in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Known For

Do You Know How to Live?Do You Know How to Live? · 1970
Do You Know How to Live?
1970
MovieRomance
From the childhood Natasha Korolyuk showed talent for music. She graduated from the conservatory in a small town and was ready to begin new and exciting activities. But her life plans changed when she met pianist Alexander. She married him and moved to Moscow. But soon the girl realizes that her husband is the usual mediocrity and seedy bohemian who wants to live idly. Active Natasha does not want to cast in lot with this man and returns to her homeland.
Murder in Winter YaltaMurder in Winter Yalta · 2007
Murder in Winter Yalta
2.52007
MovieAdventureCrime
The public prosecution office of Yalta gets the next scheduled case about the murder in the business-circles. This time the victim is an accountant of one of the big businesses. The investigators set out a lot of leads. But the sphere of the alleged criminals is too wide, and the key will be very uncommon and exticiting.
Tatar TriptychTatar Triptych · 2004
Tatar Triptych
6.02004
MovieDramaHistory
Based on Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky's "Crimean Stories": "In the Shackles of Satan", "On the Stone" and "Under the Minarets".
Our Honest BreadOur Honest Bread · 1964
Our Honest Bread
4.71964
MovieDrama
Makar has spent years overseeing work at a collective farm. After he is asked to retire, it is time for Makar's son to take the reins. Yet the farm workers' hopes are soon dashed, and it is up to Makar to right the ship.
The Road to NowhereThe Road to Nowhere · 1992
The Road to Nowhere
6.51992
MovieRomanceDrama
Fifteen years old Tirrei Davenant is a waiter at a roadside restaurant, where on the wall hangs a strange fantastic landscape. One day the millionaire's daughters accidentally visit a restaurant.
Avdotya PavlovnaAvdotya Pavlovna · 1966
Avdotya Pavlovna
8.01966
MovieDrama
The first postwar years. The Director of a small breeding station Avdotya Pavlovna is not immediately convinced of the anti-science of the official Lysenkov direction in biology. But making sure leaving the farm as an ordinary agriculturist, where he works on breeding new wheat varieties on the basis of the persecuted Lysenkova chromosome theory of heredity.
Spring RainSpring Rain · 1958
Spring Rain
1958
MovieRomance
A sweet romance unfolds between two young factory workers who meet on a train and set out to discover their city together before the young woman must return to her flat.
Little School OrchestraLittle School Orchestra · 1968
Little School Orchestra
1968
MovieDramaMusic
"Little School Orchestra" plunges headlong into the mood and atmosphere of Kyiv in the 60s. The lyrical tape tells about a small youth group, where such different boys and girls have one love - music. Life separates friends, but school friendship and music will stay with them forever.

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