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Firebird

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Firebird (2021)
Follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an Air Force Base in occupied Estonia at the height of 1970's Communist rule.
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Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist ru... Read allFirebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,903
283
    • Peeter Rebane
    • Peeter Rebane(screenplay)
    • Tom Prior(screenplay)
    • Sergey Fetisov(story)
  • Stars
    • Tom Prior
    • Oleg Zagorodnii
    • Diana Pozharskaya
    • Peeter Rebane
    • Peeter Rebane(screenplay)
    • Tom Prior(screenplay)
    • Sergey Fetisov(story)
  • Stars
    • Tom Prior
    • Oleg Zagorodnii
    • Diana Pozharskaya
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 79User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
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    Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior at an event for Firebird (2021)
    Tom Prior at an event for Firebird (2021)
    Firebird (2021)
    Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Tom Prior, Diana Pozharskaya, and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
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    Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)
    Diana Pozharskaya and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird (2021)

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    Tom Prior
    Tom Prior
    • Sergey Serebrennikov
    Oleg Zagorodnii
    • Roman Matvejev
    Diana Pozharskaya
    Diana Pozharskaya
    • Luisa
    Jake Henderson
    • Volodja
    • (as Jake Thomas Henderson)
    Margus Prangel
    • Major Zverev
    Nicholas Woodeson
    Nicholas Woodeson
    • Colonel Kuznetsov
    Ester Kuntu
    • Masha
    Kaspar Velberg
    Kaspar Velberg
    • Pilot Selenov
    Sergei Lavrentyev
    • Drama Professor
    Rasmus Kaljujärv
    • Pilot
    Lauri Mäesepp
    • Pilot
    Karl-Andreas Kalmet
    • Pilot
    • (as Karl Andreas Kalmet)
    Vladimir Nadein
    • Young Conscript
    Markus Luik
    • Sergeant Janis
    Anatoli Tafitsuk
    • Mechanic Ivan
    Nils Mattias Steinberg
    • Karamazin
    Sten Karpov
    • Duty Officer
    Carmen Mikiver
    • Army Doctor
      • Peeter Rebane
      • Peeter Rebane(screenplay)
      • Tom Prior(screenplay)
      • Sergey Fetisov(story)
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    • Trivia
      Based on Sergey Fetisov's (1952-2017) memoir "A Tale About Roman" (1996).
    • Goofs
      At the movie's end, the film director appears behind Sergey.
    • Quotes

      Sergey Serebrennikov: I'm afraid of this dream. Of waking up. Of losing you.

      Roman Matvejev: I'm here now.

      [pause]

      Roman Matvejev: What is it?

      Sergey Serebrennikov: You remember my best friend, Dima? On his 13th birthday... my mother made him an apple pie. He lived by the school. I wanted him to have it while it was still warm. So I ran all the way. When I arrived... I heard shouting from inside, and so I went around to the window. My letters were scattered all over the floor. His father... had him pinned to the table... beating him across the back... yelling, "No son of mine will be a fucking faggot." I'll never forget his look... of disgust. And then Dima looked up... and saw me. And I ran away. I ran away. He didn't come to school the next day. There's a lake in the forest near the village. They found his body there three days later. I've never told this to anyone.

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      by Kino

    User reviews79

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    decent
    Obvious, it is a beautiful film. For landscapes, good intentions around a real case as manifesto, for the moral conflicts, shadow of fear and the good remind of Stravinski creation. But it remains one ad usum Delphini film. Sure, the memories about Brokeback Mountain and sparkles of Doctor Zhivago are useful but as a sort of support. I just love the work of Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii , I appreciate, in high measure, the performance of Diana Pozharskaya but something seems ignored or missed or to easy used. The cause, maybe, the film is proposed to a Western public. And I admitt, I do not know the book inspiring the movie. But, not ignoring its beauty, I feel it deserves be better. More than beautiful, soft bitter, adapted to a large public taste, using silly dialogues because it is just hard to accept the naivety of the two men and the way to escape to the eye of officials. But, I reppeate, it is just a beautiful film. Not perfect, because, behind the sparks of gestures, intense sad love story, part of army and crumbs of Soviet life style, are too many holes and large unrealism. It seems too...didactic. Naif, fake. Sure, my expectations about it were more than high. But the result is only decent for few mistakes who are good saboters of a charming story remaining promissing sketch. Sure, handsome actors and not bad script. But , maybe as result to be an Eastern European, the feeling about something is missing remains. So, decent, with few scenes just lovely.
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    • Kirpianuscus
    • Oct 4, 2021

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 2021 (Estonia)
      • United Kingdom
      • Estonia
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      • English
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      • Malta
    • Production companies
      • Factory
      • No Reservations Entertainment
      • Film Estonia
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
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