Trivia

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1980

(1995/96) Teaching drama techniques at Hamburg University Graduate Film Program

Mitta supported the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, even though he also noted that he didn't like that it serves as a distraction for many from other problems Russia is facing.

Mitta is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Mitta's career as film director and screenwriter spans from the 1960s until the 2010s.

He is author of the book "Cinema Between Hell and Heaven".

He studied engineering (graduated in 1955), then worked as a cartoonist in art and humour magazines.

In the 2000s Mitta began a film school.

For his work Mitta obtained numerous awards in the Soviet Union and Russia.

In 1960 Mitta graduated at the film directing faculty of the VGIK.