Yuliya Solntseva
1901 - 1989
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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Biography
Yuliya Solntseva is a Soviet director and actress, known for The Enchanted Desna (1964), Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924) and Poem of the Sea (1958). She is the first woman to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961).
