A pilot Sergey Belyaev, showing recklessness, breaks up the airplane trusted to him. Student of flying school Galya Bystrova , that likes Belyaev, unfortunately, aims to emulate him and in mid air.
Is this for you? If you like old-school Soviet cinema where people talk about 'duty' while looking intensely at the horizon, you'll probably dig this. If you are looking for a high-octane dogfight movie, stay away. It’s mostly ground work and longing looks. Sergey Belyaev is the kind of guy who shouldn't be allowed ne...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Yuli Raizman
F. Martin Thornton
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"Is this for you? If you like old-school Soviet cinema where people talk about 'duty' while looking intensely at the horizon, you'll probably dig this. If you are looking for a high-octane dogfight movie, stay away. It’s mostly ground work and longing looks. Sergey Belyaev is the kind of guy who shouldn't be allowed near a steering wheel, let alone an airplane. Watching him wreck that plane in the first act is… something. It’s not graceful. It’s just pure, dumb ego. Then there is Galya. She thi..."
Aleksandr Macheret
Soviet Union
