Courage

Name: Courage
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1939
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Cast: Oleg Zhakov, Dmitriy Dudnikov, Konstantin Sorokin, Aleksey Bondi, Aleksandr Beniaminov

1939 Drama War 74 minutes Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

About Courage

Civil pilot Aleksei Tomylin, known for reckless flying, decides to fly straight. His field is near the Afghan border. He is then sent on a flight across that border.

Cast & crew

More about Courage

Mikhail Kalatozov directed it. Georgy Kubansky wrote it. Veniamin Levitin photographed it. Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music. Lenfilm released it on 17 August 1939. It runs 74 minutes. Oleg Zhakov is billed. The Russian title is Мужество.

Themes

A pilot who stops showing off
A border airfield
A flight into Afghanistan
Aleksei Tomylin
Kalatozov
Afghanistan
Lenfilm

Look

Veniamin Levitin photographed the field by the Afghan border.

Music

Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music.

Notes

Tomylin's change is to stop stunt flying.
The airport sits on the Soviet side of the Afghan border.
Zhakov leads the cast.

Scenes

Tomylin gives up the tricks and flies a straight course.
He is handed a job that crosses the border.

Also available

Wikimedia Commons (1939 Мужество.webm)