Aerograd
About Aerograd
Aerograd is a new town in the Soviet Far East, built around an airfield. Japanese forces and a religious sect tied to samurai raiders try to break the outpost. Planes from across the country come in, and the defenders hold it. Stepan Shagaida plays Stepan Glushak. Sergei Stolyarov plays Vladimir Glushak.
Cast & crew
More about Aerograd
Oleksandr Dovzhenko wrote, directed, and produced this Mosfilm–VUFKU picture. Mikhail Gindin, Nikolai Smirnov, and Eduard Tisse photographed it. Dmitri Kabalevsky wrote the music. It opened on 6 November 1935. The English Wikipedia times it at 82 minutes. Wikidata lists 77. Other titles are Air City and Frontier. A copy is on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
The story is set before the Second World War, with a Far East airfield facing Japanese forces and a sect linked to samurai raiders.
Look
Eduard Tisse shared the camera with Mikhail Gindin and Nikolai Smirnov.
Music
Dmitri Kabalevsky composed the score.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Yevgeniya Melnikova, Stepan Shkurat, and Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya are billed.
- G. Tsoi, Nikon Tabunasov, and Leonid Kan are on the catalog cast.
- The English Wikipedia does not list a Stalin Prize for the film.
- The Internet Archive identifier is aerograd.
Scenes
- Aircraft arrive from across the country as the outpost is attacked.
Also available
- Internet Archive (aerograd)
