Mikhail Kalatozov

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Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (28 December 1903 – 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. He is most well known for his films The Cranes Are Flying and Soy Cuba. In 1969, he received the People's Artist of the USSR accolade. His film The Cranes Are Flying won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Kalatozov studied economics and changed many professions before starting his film career as an actor and later — as a cinematographer. He directed several documentary films, including Their Kingdom (with Nutsa Gogoberidze, the first Georgian female film director)[2] and Salt for Svanetia (1930). In 1933 he enrolled to the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. In 1936 he headed the Kartuli Pilmi film studio, then he was suggested a place at the USSR State Committee for Cinematography. In 1939 he moved to Leningrad to work at the Lenfilm studio as a film director. During World War II he directed several propaganda films and worked as a cultural attaché at the Soviet embassy in the United States.

Most Popular Mikhail Kalatozov Trailers

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The Cranes Are Flying Trailer (1957)

12 October 1957

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight.

Giuli Trailer (1927)

16 April 1927

A pretty young Azeri woman Giuli and Georgian guy Mitro are very in love. But because of traditions she can not marry him.

I Am Cuba Trailer (1964)

26 October 1964

A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.

Three Lives Trailer (1924)

30 December 1924

Bakhva Pulava, a merchant from Poti fells in love with a poor tailor woman named Esma and marries her.

Cafe «Izotop» Trailer (1977)

04 November 1977

Letter Never Sent Trailer (1960)

27 June 1960

Four geologists are searching for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia. After a long and tiresome journey they manage to find their luck and put the diamond mine on the map.

The Red Tent Trailer (1969)

23 December 1969

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

The Invincible Trailer (1943)

21 January 1943

The autumn of 1941. Leningrad is besieged by the Nazis. A new model of tank is being developed at a large defense plant.

Wings of Victory Trailer (1941)

12 March 1941

Based on the true story of Russian pilot Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), who set several long-distance flight records.

The First Echelon Trailer (1955)

31 December 1955

In one of the steppe regions of Kazakhstan arrives on Komsomol youth squad. Severe frosts, spring mud flows, exhausting work than their specialty - the development of virgin land does not come easy.

The Variegateds Case Trailer (1958)

21 April 1958

Sergey's girlfriend desperately wants him to quit dangerous police job. But Sergey doesn't want to abandon his new case which proves to be quite difficult.

The Nail in the Boot Trailer (1931)

31 December 1931

Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film.

True Friends Trailer (1954)

20 April 1954

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life.

Conspiracy of the Doomed Trailer (1950)

06 June 1950

In an Eastern European country, a strong political struggle breaks out over the possibility of accepting aid from the Marshall Plan or signing a cooperation treaty with the Soviet Union.

Salt for Svanetia Trailer (1930)

24 May 1930

An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

Courage Trailer (1939)

16 August 1939

The airborne trickster - Aleksei Tomylin, civil aviation pilot - one day decides to stop tempting fate and only flies directly.

Opening of the first turbine of Zahesi Trailer (1927)

01 January 1927

Film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze Trailer (1925)

17 March 1925

Schoolteacher Spiridon and his pretty wife Despine are taking a room in a small inn. Tariel Mklavadze, a local nobleman and debauchee falls for a beauty of Despine.

Hostile Whirlwinds Trailer (1956)

19 February 1956

Observing the first years of the formation of Soviet power, about the life and work of Feliks Dzerzhinsky from 1918-1925; in July 1918, as a result of a revolt of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, German ambassador Mirbach is killed.

Gypsy Blood Trailer (1928)

22 May 1928

Romeo and Juliet a-la Romani style.

Locomotive No. 1006 Trailer (1926)

01 January 1926

Locomotive S-1000

The Blind Woman Trailer (1930)

31 December 1930

Everyday drama from the life of the Svans.

Moscow Music Hall Trailer (1946)

01 January 1946

A variety of Russian stars are presented in a revue that includes many traditional songs and dances

Afghan Khan in Tbilisi Trailer (1928)

01 January 1928

Film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Moscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi Trailer (1929)

01 January 1929

Film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Their Kingdom Trailer (1928)

22 July 1928

The documentary Their Kingdom, co-directed in 1928 by Nutsa Gogoberidze and Mikhail Kalatozishvili (Kalatozov) for Soviet Georgia’s Cinema Trust, was considered lost until 2008, when there appeared a possibility that this important film – Georgia’s first documentary feature and Kalatozov’s directorial debut – had not disappeared irretrievably.

Horse factory Trailer (1927)

01 January 1927

Film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov