RUSSIA · 1938

Three Heroines

Dziga Vertov
Soviet Poetic Cinema female pilots aviation history Soviet achievement trans-Siberian flight survival and rescue
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Follows the legendary female pilots Raskova, Osipenko, and Grisodubova in their failed but magnificent attempt to make the first nonstop trans-Siberian flight. Using documentary reenactments, Vertov depicts the flight, the crash, the rescue, and the women’s heroic return to Moscow, where crowds shower them with flowers, and leaders with speeches.

Year1938
CountryRussia
DirectorDziga Vertov
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