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Mikhail Kalatozov(1903-1973)

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Writer
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Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov was born on 28 December 1903 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), True Friends (1954) and Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950). He died on 27 March 1973 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornDecember 28, 1903
DiedMarch 27, 1973(69)
BornDecember 28, 1903
DiedMarch 27, 1973(69)
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Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Kalatozov, Evgeniy Svidetelev, and Sergey Urusevskiy in The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Kalatozov, and Sergey Urusevskiy in The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Known for

Boris Zelensky in The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The Cranes Are Flying
8.3
  • Director
  • 1957
Aleksandr Borisov, Boris Chirkov, and Vasiliy Merkurev in True Friends (1954)
True Friends
7.4
  • Director
  • 1954
Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950)
Zagovor obrechyonnykh
5.4
  • Director
  • 1950
Letter Never Sent (1960)
Letter Never Sent
7.8
  • Director
  • 1960

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Director

  • The Red Tent (1969)
    The Red Tent
    • (as Mickail K. Kalatozov)
  • Luz María Collazo and José Gallardo in Soy Cuba (1964)
    Soy Cuba
    • (Cuban version, as Mijail Kalatozov)
  • Letter Never Sent (1960)
    Letter Never Sent
  • Boris Zelensky in The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
    The Cranes Are Flying
  • Pervyy eshelon (1956)
    Pervyy eshelon
  • Aleksandr Borisov, Boris Chirkov, and Vasiliy Merkurev in True Friends (1954)
    True Friends
  • Vikhri vrazhdebnye (1953)
    Vikhri vrazhdebnye
  • Zagovor obrechyonnykh (1950)
    Zagovor obrechyonnykh
  • Moscow Music Hall
  • Nepobedimye (1943)
    Nepobedimye
  • Vladimir Belokurov and Vladimir Kononov in Wings of Victory (1941)
    Wings of Victory
  • Muzhestvo (1939)
    Muzhestvo
  • Nail in the Boot (1931)
    Nail in the Boot
  • Usinatlo (1930)
    Usinatlo
  • Salt for Svanetia (1930)
    Salt for Svanetia

Cinematographer

  • Salt for Svanetia (1930)
    Salt for Svanetia
    • (chief cameraman)
  • Mkhatis teatris gastrolebi
  • Avganeli khanis chamosvla Tbilisshi
  • Boshuri siskhli (1928)
    Boshuri siskhli
  • Zahesis I turbinis gakhsna
  • Tskhenebis pabrika
  • Nato Vachnadze in Giuli (1927)
    Giuli
  • Parovoz No. 10006

Writer

  • Kafe «Izotop» (1977)
    Kafe «Izotop»
  • The Red Tent (1969)
    The Red Tent
    • (uncredited)
  • Nepobedimye (1943)
    Nepobedimye
  • Salt for Svanetia (1930)
    Salt for Svanetia
    • (uncredited)
  • Boshuri siskhli (1928)
    Boshuri siskhli
  • Nato Vachnadze in Giuli (1927)
    Giuli

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    • December 28, 1903
    • Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
    • March 27, 1973
    • Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia](undisclosed)
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    Born in the same town as the genius Sergei Parajanov

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