Mikhail Kalatosov

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Mikhail Kalatozov ( Russian Михаил Константинович Калатозов , native Mikheil Kalatosischwili Georgian კალატოზიშვილი მიხეილ * December 15 jul. / 28. December  1903 greg. In Tbilisi ; † 27. March 1973 in Moscow ) was a Soviet film director of Georgian descent. His early films were frowned upon under Stalin ; he later won international awards.

Life

Kalatosow studied economics. From 1925 he worked as a film actor in the studios of Goskinprom Grusii . Soon he started cutting and directing films himself. In 1928 he produced his first short documentary Your Kingdom , and two years later made the first feature film. His second film, The Salt of Svaneti (1930) is considered to be the groundbreaking work of the young Soviet documentary film . He is famous for his beautiful pictures and sensitive view of the tough life in a remote Caucasian village. However, the Soviet authorities accused him of contradicting state ideology. The third feature film The Nail in the Boot was banned for the same reason.

Mikhail Kalatosov's grave in Moscow

Kalatosov was banned from making films for eight years and had to limit himself to administrative tasks in the Georgian film industry. In 1939 he became the main administrator of the Soviet feature film production. In this role he worked for a short time as the Soviet cultural representative in Los Angeles . After the Second World War he became Deputy Minister for Film Production and resumed his directing career in 1950.

His film The Cranes Pull (1957), which depicts a love destroyed by war, won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival . Filmed in Spanish with Cuban actors and collaborators, the film Ich bin Kuba (1964), a surreal hymn to the Cuban revolution that the Soviet Union banned from archives for 30 years, received a Mention Découverte in Cannes in 2004 as a discovery of the Year. It was launched on the international market in the 1990s by Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese .

In 1969 he made The Red Tent , a Soviet-Italian co-production with Sean Connery and Claudia Cardinale in the leading roles.

Works

  • Opening of Zahesi, Electric Power Station (Georgian: Zahesis I turbinis gakhsna ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1927
  • Stud Farm (Georgian: Tskhenebis pabrika ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1927
  • Their Empire (Georgian: Mati samepo ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1928
  • Afghan Khan in Tbilisi (Georgian: Avganeli khanis chamosvla Tbilisshi ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1928
  • Moscow MCHAT Theater in Tbilisi (Georgian: Mkhatis teatris gastrolebi ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1929
  • Little Blind Girl (Georgian: Usinatlo ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1930
  • The Salt of Svaneti (Svani: Jim Shvante ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1930
  • The nail in the boot (Georgian: Lursmani cheqmashi ), Goskinprom Grusii, 1931
  • Courage , (Russian: Muschestwo ), Mosfilm, 1939
  • Valery Chkalov , Mosfilm, 1941
  • Cinema concert k 25-letiju Krasnoj Armii , Mosfilm, 1943
  • Moscow Music Hall , Mosfilm, 1945
  • Conspiracy of the Doomed (Russian: Sagowor obretschjonnich ), Mosfilm, 1950 ( Stalin Prize )
  • Enemy whirlwind (Russian: Wichri wraschdebnye ), Mosfilm, 1953. With Micheil Gelowani ( Stalin ), Michail Kondratjew ( Lenin ), Vladimir Jemeljanow ( Dzerzhinsky ), Leonid Lyubaschewski ( Sverdlov ) and Vladimir Soloviev ( Kalinin )
  • Journey with obstacles (Russian: Vernyje drusja ), Mosfilm, 1954
  • The First Echelon (Russian: Perwy Eschelon ), Mosfilm, 1955
  • Dragging the cranes (Russian: Letjat schuravli ), Mosfilm, 1957
  • A letter that never arrived (Russian: Neotprawlennoje pismo ), Mosfilm, 1959
  • I am Cuba ( Soy Cuba / Ya Kuba ), Mosfilm, 1964
  • The red tent (Russian: Krasnaja palatka ), Vides / Mosfilm, 1969

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personal data
SURNAME Kalatosow, Mikhail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Micheil Kalatosishvili (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian film director
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1973
Place of death Moscow