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Zhukovsky is a 1950 Soviet biopic directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Dmitri Vasilyev, based on the life of Russian scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky (1847–1921), founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. In 1950 Pudovkin received the Best Director award at the 5th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for this film. In 1951 Pudovkin, Shebalin, Golovnya, and Belokurov received the Stalin Prize.
Original Release
07/13/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yuri Yurovsky | Nikolay Zhukovsky / Zhukovskiy |
| Vladimir Belokurov | Sergey Chaplygin / Chaplygin |
| Vladimir Druzhnikov | Pyotr Nesterov / Nesterov |
| Sofiya Giatsintova | Zhukovsky's Mother / Anna Nikolaevna |
| Galina Frolova | Verochka / Zhukovskiy's sister |
| Oleg Frelikh | Professor Aleksandr Grigoryevich / Professor at the University |
| Aleksandr Khokhlov | Moscow University Professor / Professor at the University |
| Vladimir Gribkov | Moscow University Professor / Professor at the University |
| Boris Bityukov | Sergey Nezhdanovsky / Nezhdanovskiy |
| Anatoli Chemodurov | Aleksandr Rybakov / Rybakov |
Directors
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Dmitriy Vasilev
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Yuri Yurovsky | Nikolay Zhukovsky / Zhukovskiy |
| Vladimir Belokurov | Sergey Chaplygin / Chaplygin |
| Vladimir Druzhnikov | Pyotr Nesterov / Nesterov |
| Sofiya Giatsintova | Zhukovsky's Mother / Anna Nikolaevna |
| Galina Frolova | Verochka / Zhukovskiy's sister |
| Oleg Frelikh | Professor Aleksandr Grigoryevich / Professor at the University |
| Aleksandr Khokhlov | Moscow University Professor / Professor at the University |
| Vladimir Gribkov | Moscow University Professor / Professor at the University |
| Boris Bityukov | Sergey Nezhdanovsky / Nezhdanovskiy |
| Anatoli Chemodurov | Aleksandr Rybakov / Rybakov |
| Andrey Puntus | Golubinsky / Zhukovskiy's student |
| G. Smirnov | Zhukovsky's Student |
| Georgiy Yumatov | Kasyanov |
| Mikhail Nazvanov | Dmitri Ryabushinsky / Ryabushinskiy |
| Vsevolod Aksyonov | Great Prince / Grand prince |
| Lyudmila Krasheninnikova | |
| Aleksandr Mikhaylov | |
| Viktor Yakovlev | |
| Tatyana Barysheva | Maid Arina |
| Igor Bezyayev | Pilot |
