About Yuliya Solntseva
Yuliya Solntseva Yuliya Solntseva

Birthday

1901-08-07

Place of Birth

Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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).