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Yezhov started working in cinema in 1953 and quickly turned into one of the most prolific screenwriters of the Soviet Union. He wrote and co-wrote over 50 screenplays, both for short and feature films. He worked in almost every genre, including documentaries. 1959 saw the release of the war drama
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fairy tale and other Soviet and foreign film directors. He produced a total of six films together with a film director Viktor
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which they hoped to make into a movie or TV series, but apparently this never happened despite the efforts made by
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born after seven months of pregnancy. He was named after the character of the
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took his place later on; it was
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where it received a lot of praise and eventually won the
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he co-wrote a screenplay that was later made into a 1970
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who produced the screenplay for the Oscar-winning movie
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opera that made a lasting impression on his parents.
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My Best Friend, General Vasili, Son of Joseph Stalin
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