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Yuliya Solntseva

Known for: Directing

Born 07/08/1901

Died 1989-10-28

Place of birth Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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).