Three Heroines

Three Heroines — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 2, 1938
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Elizaveta Svilova