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Mikhail Kalatozov
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…
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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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2015
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
Movie Self
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1977
Cafe «Izotop»
Movie Writer
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1969
The Red Tent
Movie Director
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1964
I Am Cuba
Movie Director
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1960
Letter Never Sent
Movie Director
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1958
The Variegateds Case
Movie Producer
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1957
The Cranes Are Flying
Movie Director
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1956
Hostile Whirlwinds
Movie Director
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1955
The First Echelon
Movie Director
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1954
True Friends
Movie Director
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1950
Conspiracy of the Doomed
Movie Director
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1946
Moscow Music Hall
Movie Director
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1943
The Invincible
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Wings of Victory
Movie
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1939
Courage
Movie Director
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1931
The Nail in the Boot
Movie Director
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1930
The Blind Woman
Movie Director
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1930
Salt for Svanetia
Movie Director
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1929
Moscow MXAT Theatre in Tbilisi
Movie Director
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1928
Their Kingdom
Movie Director
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1928
Gypsy Blood
Movie Writer
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1928
Afghan Khan in Tbilisi
Movie Director
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1927
Giuli
Movie Camera Operator
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1927
Opening of the First Turbine of Zahesi
Movie Director
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1927
Horse Factory
Movie Director
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1926
Locomotive No. 1006
Movie Cinematography
- 1925
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1924
Three Lives
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