Zhukovsky (Russian: Жуковский) is a 1950 Soviet biopic directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Dmitri Vasilyev, based on the life of Russian scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky (1847–1921), founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. In 1950 Pudovkin received the Best Director award at the 5th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for this film.^[1] In 1951 Pudovkin, Shebalin, Golovnya, and Belokurov received the Stalin Prize.

Cast

• Yuri Yurovsky – Nikolai Zhukovsky
• Ilya Sudakov – Dmitri Mendeleev
• Vladimir Belokurov – Sergey Chaplygin
• Vladimir Druzhnikov – Pyotr Nesterov
• Sofiya Giatsintova – Anna Nikolaevna, Zhukovsky's Mother
• Mikhail Nazvanov – Dimitri Riabouchinsky
• Oleg Frelikh – Aleksandr Stoletov, professor of the Moscow university
• Boris Smirnov
• Georgi Yumatov