Zhukovsky
About Zhukovsky
The film follows Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky, the Russian engineer whose work founded the study of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in Russia. It covers his life from 1847 to 1921 as a biography rather than a single experiment.
Cast & crew
More about Zhukovsky
Vsevolod Pudovkin and Dmitri Vasilyev directed. Anatoly Granberg wrote the script. Released July 13, 1950.
Themes
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Anatoli Golovnya and Tamara Lobova photographed the Mosfilm biography.
Music
Vissarion Shebalin wrote the score.
Preservation
A Commons transfer of the 1950 film is online.
Notes
- Yuri Yurovsky leads the cast. Vladimir Belokurov, Vladimir Druzhnikov, and Rostislav Plyatt are billed.
- The Stalin Prize in 1951 went to Pudovkin, composer Vissarion Shebalin, cinematographer Anatoli Golovnya, and Belokurov.
Awards
- Best Director, 5th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1950)
- Stalin Prize (1951), shared by Pudovkin, Vissarion Shebalin, Anatoli Golovnya, and Vladimir Belokurov
