Mikhail Kalatozov

georgia, film director, cannes, cinema, svanetia

Born Dec 28, 1903

Moscow, Georgia

Passed Away Mar 27, 1973 Moscow, Georgia

Lifespan 69 years old

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"The camera must move with the pulse of human passion, not stand as an indifferent observer."

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Georgian film director who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for 'The Cranes Are Flying' and pioneered dynamic cinematography in cinema.

Biographical Record

Mikhail Kalatozov (born Mikheil Kalatozishvili) was an internationally acclaimed Georgian film director whose visionary visual style transformed world cinema.

Starting his career in Tbilisi with groundbreaking silent documentaries such as 'Salt for Svanetia' (1930), Kalatozov revolutionized camera movement, employing wide-angle lenses and virtuosic continuous tracking shots alongside cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky.

His 1957 masterpiece 'The Cranes Are Flying' won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, remaining the only Soviet film to claim that honor.

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Novodevichy Cemetery
Moscow, Georgia

                         GPS: 55.7247, 37.5558                    

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