Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
December 28, 1903 · 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).
Notable work
Often works with
Oleg Zhakov
3 titles together
Conspiracy of the Doomed, Hostile Whirlwinds, Courage
Kote Mikaberidze
3 titles together
Gypsy Blood, The Case of the Murder of Tariel Mklavadze, Three Lives
Tatyana Samoylova
2 titles together
The Cranes Are Flying, Letter Never Sent
Vasili Merkuryev
2 titles together
The Cranes Are Flying, True Friends
Ekaterina Kupriyanova
2 titles together
The Cranes Are Flying, Conspiracy of the Doomed
Aleqsandre Jaliashvili
2 titles together
The Nail in the Boot, The Blind Woman
Full filmography · 24
Cafe «Izotop»
Writer
1977
The Red Tent
Director
19696.1
I Am Cuba
Director
19647.9
Letter Never Sent
Director
19607.2
The Cranes Are Flying
Director
19577.9
Hostile Whirlwinds
Director
1956
The First Echelon
Director
1955
True Friends
Director
19547.1
Conspiracy of the Doomed
Director
1950Moscow Music Hall
Director
1946
The Invincible
Director
1943
Wings of Victory
cast and Director
1941