Three Heroines

Three Heroines

1h 10m 1938 Documentary Soviet Union
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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.

Director

Dziga Vertov

Writer

Elizaveta Svilova