Claim: The Ballad of Siberia was written and directed by Ivan Pyryev who was remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.
Evidence: Ivan Pyryev Ivan Pyryev (story)
Evgeniy Pomeshchikov
Nikolai Rozhkov 4 November] 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.