Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov, born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. He is known for his films The Cranes

Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR. Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR.