
Person
Mikhail Kalatozov
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Dec 28, 1903
- Died
- Mar 27, 1973
- From
- Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Mikhail 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 film director best known for his films The Cranes Are Flying (1957) and Soy Cuba (1964). The former won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. In 1969, he received the People's Artist of the USSR accolade. Kalatozov studied economics and changed many professions before starting his career as an actor and later — as a cinematographer. He directed several documentaries, including Their Kingdom (1928, with Nutsa Gogoberidze, the first Georgian female director) and Salt for Svanetia (1930). In 1933, Kalatozov enrolled to the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. Three years later, he oversaw Kartuli Pilmi, then he was suggested a place at the USSR State Committee for Cinematography. In 1939, he moved to Leningrad to work at Lenfilm as a director. During World War II, he made several propaganda films and worked as a cultural attaché at the Soviet embassy in the United States.
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Wings of Victory

The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze

Three Lives
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик

The Red Tent

I Am Cuba

The Cranes Are Flying

Conspiracy of the Doomed

Letter Never Sent

The First Echelon

The Nail in the Boot

True Friends

Salt for Svanetia

Their Kingdom

Hostile Whirlwinds
The Blind Woman
Moscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi
Afghan Khan in Tbilisi