[PAR] [TLE] The Cranes Are Flying [SEP] The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: Летят журавли , translit.  "Letyat zhuravli") is a 1957 Soviet film about World War II.  It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II (known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War).  It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian-born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova.  It won the "Palme d'Or" at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award, although "The Turning Point" (1946) was one of eleven films awarded that year's Grand Prix, the predecessor of the "Palme d'Or". [PAR] [TLE] Mikhail Kalatozov [SEP] Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი , Russian: Михаи́л Константи́нович Калато́зов ) (28 December 1903 — 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema.  People's Artist of the USSR (1969).  His movie "The Cranes Are Flying" won several international awards, including Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
[PAR] [TLE] The Cranes Are Flying [ SEP ] The Cranes Are Flying ( Russian : Летят журавли , translit . " Letyat zhuravli " ) is a 1957 Soviet film about World War II . It depicts the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psyche as a result of World War II ( known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War ) . It was directed at Mosfilm by the Georgian - born Soviet director Mikhail Kalatozov in 1957 and stars Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova . It won the " Palme d'Or " at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival , the only Soviet film to win that award , although " The Turning Point " ( 1946 ) was one of eleven films awarded that year 's Grand Prix , the predecessor of the " Palme d'Or " . [PAR] [TLE] Mikhail Kalatozov [ SEP ] Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov ( Georgian : მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი , Russian : Михаи́л Константи́нович Калато́зов ) ( 28 December 1903 — 27 March 1973 ) , born Mikheil Kalatozishvili , was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema . People 's Artist of the USSR ( 1969 ) . His movie " The Cranes Are Flying " won several international awards , including Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival .
What Soviet film director of Georgian origin directed a film about the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psych as a result of WWII?
What Soviet film director of Georgian origin directed a film about the cruelty of war and the damage suffered to the Soviet psych as a result of WWII ?
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov