Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich

Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov [p. 15 (28) .12.1903, Tbilisi], a Soviet film director, People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Member of the CPSU from 1939. In 1923 he began working in Georgian cinema, since 1928 director. Film shot K., there is a desire for plastic images to the acute angles, lighting effects. These features are particularly revealed in the film "Salt of Svaneti" (1930), director and one of the operators which he was. 1933 K. enrolled in the graduate school of the Leningrad Academy of Art, then was director of the Tbilisi studio. To work as a director returned, putting the film "Courage" (1939). Major work to. began painting "Valery Chkalov" (1941). Latitude creative range, the ability to use various means of expression affected in the comedy "True Friends" (1954). The most famous film to. "The Cranes Are Flying" (1957), brought him and the operator P. P. Urusevsky international recognition and a number of international prizes ( "Golden Palm" at the 11 th International Film Festival in Cannes, etc.). Game actors T. E. Samoilova, and A. V. Batalov, an inspired montage of crowd scenes, the extraordinary mobility of the camera made this film work, filled with fine lyrical beauty and tragic force. Documents on the expedition have. Nobile to the North Pole formed the basis for the film "The Red Tent" (1970, a joint Italo-Soviet production), the participation of major actors of different countries, the impressive full-scale survey made the film a significant phenomenon. USSR State Prize (1951). Decorated with 3 orders and medals.

Pezhiserskie work:
1. Blind - 1930 (Drama)
2. Courage - 1939 (Adventure)
3. Valery Chkalov - 1941 (Historical / Biographical)
4. Invincible - 1942 (Drama)
5. Plot of the doomed - 1950 (The dramatic story)
6. Hostile Whirlwinds - 1953 (Historical / Biographical)
7. True Friends - 1954 (Lyric comedy)
8. The first train - 1955 (Melodrama)
9. The Cranes Are Flying - 1957 (Military)
10. Unsent Letter - 1959 (Drama)
11. I Am Cuba - 1964 (Kinopovest)
12. The Red Tent - 1969 (Adventure)