Three Heroines (1938)
★ 10.0 (1) · 70 min
Directors: Dziga Vertov · man Elizaveta Svilova · woman
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.