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Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Mikhail Kalatozishvili, Michail Kalatosow, Mijail Kalatozov, Mickail K. Kalatozov, Mihail Konstantinoviç Kalatozov, Mikhail Kalatozishvili, Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov, Michail Konstantinovitsj Kalatozov, Mikhail Kalatozishvili, Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Michail Kalatosow, Mickail K. Kalatozov, Mijail Kalatozov, Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov, ミヘイル・カラトジシヴィリ, Михайло Калатозов, Михайло Калатозішвілі, Michail Kalatasow, Михаил Калатозов, МихаиÌл КонÑтантиÌнович КалатоÌзов, Михаил КалатозишвиÌли
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Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov, born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis, he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer.
He directed several documentary films, including Salt for Svanetia, but was forced to withdraw from his profession after his film Nail in the Boot was banned by Stalinist censors. During World War II he directed several propaganda films and worked as a cultural attaché at the Soviet embassy in the United States.
During the 1950s he directed several other films. His four final features, The Cranes Are Flying, The Unsent Letter, I Am Cuba, and The Red Tent, are among his most famous works.
He died in Moscow.
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