Ballada o bombere (2011)

The Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved ... See full summary »

Director:

Vitaliy Vorobyov

Writers:

Mikhail Veller (short story), Arkadiy Tigay (screenplay)

Stars:

Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nikita Efremov	...	Kapitan Andrey Grivtsov
Ekaterina Astakhova	...	Katya
Aleksandr Davydov	...	Starshiy leytenant Georgiy Linko
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vladislav Abashin	...	Grigoriy
Nina Antonova
Vilen Babichev	...	Hilfspolizei
Egor Barinov	...	Mayor Deryabin
Borislav Borisenko
Taras Denisenko	...	Doznavatel
Evgeniy Efremov	...	Koval
Darya Ekamasova	...	Lena
Alexander Fuchs	...	Adyutant Kholta (as Aleksandr Fuks)
Igor Gnezdilov	...	Karchin
Yuriy Gurev	...	Fomich
Andrey Gusev	...	Pavel Nosov

Storyline

The Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way and perform military tasks, return to his own forces and simply to stay alive. The situation becomes more complicated because of an act of sabotage, which has been committed before their take-off at the aerodrome. Honest Grivtsov gets on the bad side of the colonel of SMERSH by defending his friends. Instead of being granted a medal "Star" for his 100th flight, he is pronounced a traitor and is to be executed.

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Plot Keywords:

aircrew | airplane shot down | traitor | sabotage | propaganda | 

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Taglines:

Now their life is at stake

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Genres:

Action | Drama | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The squadron is flying the Tupolev Tu-2 bomber. It is considered by many authorities to be one of the best high-speed medium bombers of WWII, easily rivaling other comparable contemporary bombers, such as the Junkers Ju-88 flown by the Germans. Designed by Andrey Tupolev in the late 1930s when he was a political prisoner, its success is credited as one of the factors that led to his early release in 1944.

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Goofs

During the air combat scene, a German fighter plane is identified as a "Messerschmitt". The plane in the scene is anything but - the cockpit canopy, the tail section, and the overall silhouette are wrong. The plane have more similarities with the Heinkel He-100, but that aircraft didn't see service on the Eastern Front.

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Connections

References Ballad of a Soldier (1959)

User Reviews

Surprised and amazed

I've never wrote a review before, but this film made me wanna make one. I didn't even knew this film was Russian, but after watching this film, I clapped my hands and I felt they've done a great job with it.

The characters is developed well, making you wanna root for them, and the storyline is good but I wished they would put more effort in the showing the 'emotions/feelings' of the characters. (The part where it supposed to make me sad/mad. .but it's not enough) There's also some magic moments where you wouldn't have thought would happen..And that's what made this film interesting to watch till the end.

Just like a Korean war movie with a Russian twist.

Awesome.

Details

Country:

Russia Ukraine

Language:

Russian German

Release Date:

26 June 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

The Bomber

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pronto Film, Film.ua

Technical Specs

Runtime:

181 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (DTS 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD