 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yezhov akatanga kushanda mumabhaisikopo muna 1953 uye akakurumidza kuva mumwe wevanyori vemafirimu vakakurumbira veSoviet Union. Akanyora uye akabatsira kunyora zvinyorwa zvinopfuura makumi mashanu, zvese zvemafirimu mapfupi nemafirimu. Akashanda munenge mumhando dzose, kusanganisira mafirimu ezvinyorwa. Muna 1959 mutambo wehondo unonzi Ballad of a Soldier wakaratidzwa naGrigori Chukhrai. The screenplay akanga co-akanyorwa Chukhrai uye Yezhov, zvose hondo veterans. Iyi firimu yakawana kurumbidzwa kwakawanda uye yakaunganidza mibairo yakati wandei yepasi rose, kusanganisira Special jury mubairo pa1960 Cannes Film Festival, mubairo we1961 BAFTA weBest Film uye mubairo we1961 Bodil weBest Non-American Film. Yakanga ichisarudzwawo nokuda kwe1961 Academy Award yeBest Original Screenplay. Vose vari vaviri Yezhov naChukrai vakapiwa Mubayiro waLenin nokuda kwebasa ravo. 