Tale of a True Man (Russian: Повесть о настоящем человеке) is a Soviet feature film directed by Aleksandr Stolper, shot on the same name book by Boris Polevoy.

Tale of a True Man
Directed by	Aleksandr Stolper
Written by	Boris Polevoy Maria Smirnova
Produced by	Nikolay Sliozberg
Starring	Pavel Kadochnikov Nikolay Okhlopkov Aleksei Dikiy Vasili Merkuryev Tamara Makarova
Cinematography	Mark Magidson
Music by	Nikolai Kryukov
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1948 (1948)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

For the participation in the film, a number of film actors and the cameraman were awarded the Stalin Prize in 1949.[1]

Plot

At the heart of the dramatic history are the real facts of the biography of the fighter pilot Alexey Maresyev.[2] Shot in battle over the occupied territory, he for three weeks made his way through the snow-covered forests until he got to the partisans. Having lost both legs, the hero subsequently shows an amazing strength of character, again sits at the helm of the aircraft and replenishes the account of air victories over the enemy.

Cast

• Pavel Kadochnikov as Alexey Maresyev[3]
• Nikolay Okhlopkov as commissar Vorobiev
• Aleksei Dikiy as Vasily Vasilyevich
• Vasili Merkuryev as Stepan Ivanovich the foreman
• Tamara Makarova as Klavdia Mikhailovna
• Lyudmila Tselikovskaya as Zinochka
• Lev Sverdlin as Naumov
• Czeslaw Sushkevich as Kukushkin
• Viktor Khokhryakov as Degtyarenko
• Aleksandr Mikhailov as Petrov
• Boris Dobronravov as chairman of the commission
• Boris Babochkin as commander of the regiment
• Lyubov Sokolova as collective farmer Varvara (debut role)[1]
• Sergei Bondarchuk as Gvozdev
• Mikhail Gluzsky as captain Cheslov
• Vladimir Gribkov as Zuyev
• Ivan Ryzhov as patient in the sanatorium

Awards

Stalin Prize[1]

• Aleksandr Stolper (director)
• Mark Magidson (cinematographer)
• Pavel Kadochnikov (actor)
• Vasili Merkuryev (actor)
• Nikolay Okhlopkov (actor)

References

External links

• Tale of a True Man at IMDb
• Повесть о настоящем человеке on RusKino

На других языках

[ru] Повесть о настоящем человеке (фильм)