Three Heroines
Release Date: 1938-01-02
Rating : 10/10
Duration : 70 minutes
Genres : Documentary
Director : Elizaveta Svilova, Dziga Vertov
Writer : Elizaveta Svilova
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.