Tale of a True Man

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

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

Plot
At the heart of the dramatic history are the real facts of the biography of the fighter pilot Alexey Maresyev. 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
 * 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)
 * Sergei Bondarchuk as  Gvozdev
 * Mikhail Gluzsky as   captain Cheslov
 * Vladimir Gribkov as   Zuyev
 * Ivan Ryzhov as   patient in the sanatorium

Awards

 * Stalin Prize
 * Aleksandr Stolper (director)
 * Mark Magidson (cinematographer)
 * Pavel Kadochnikov (actor)
 * Vasili Merkuryev (actor)
 * Nikolay Okhlopkov (actor)