A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the ...
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Title: Wings (1966)
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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Mayya Bulgakova | ... | Nadezhda Petrukhina | |
| Sergey Nikonenko | ... | Sergei Bystryakov | |
| Zhanna Bolotova | ... | Tanya | |
| Panteleymon Krymov | ... | Pavel Gavrilovich (as Pantelejmon Krymov) | |
| Leonid Dyachkov | ... | Mitya Grachov | |
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Vladimir Gorelov | ... | Igor |
| Yuriy Medvedev | ... | Boris Grigoryevich | |
| Nikolay Grabbe | ... | Kostya Shuvalov | |
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Zhanna Aleksandrova | ... | Zinka |
| Rimma Markova | ... | Shura (as Rimma Nikitina-Markova) | |
| Arkadi Trusov | ... | Morozov | |
| Olga Gobzeva | ... | Zhurnalistka | |
| Boris Yurchenko | ... | Sinitsin | |
| Evgeniy Evstigneev | ... | Misha | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Vladimir Burmistrov | ... | Souchenik (as V. Burmistrov) |
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A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that she cannot adjust to life in peacetime. Written by International Film Circuit <ifcplanet@aol.com>
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downed airplane | post world war two | postwar life | female fighter pilot | ex pilot |Genres:
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Soviet UnionLanguage:
RussianRelease Date:
1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, RussiaCompany Credits
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A schoolmistress, former glory of the USSR air force, reflects on her life.
Within the post-war cinema (1960s), it's one of the best Russian films I have ever seen.
By Larisa Shepitko, one of the best female directors of all time, 'Wings' is the portrait of a woman who, even with a stable and successful life, feels an enormous nostalgia, when remembering the days on the front line to defend her nation.
The pace, slow and calm, is perfect for the effect that Shepitko intended to do.
The love for the country overrides the personal romance, and family and social relationships are questioned, when the desire to return to the former glory days consumes insanely the little that she still has inside her.
It's also a pertinent approach to feminism, and the role of women in the Soviet hierarchy.
The cinematography is very good, with a fabulous composition.