Wings

IMDb link: 0061196
IMDb rating: 7.5 (2,572 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Sergey Nikonenko, Larisa Shepitko
Cast: Mayya Bulgakova, Zhanna Bolotova, Leonid Dyachkov, Panteleymon Krymov and others

Release year: 1996
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: Soviet Union
Keywords: 1940s, downed airplane, post world war two, postwar life, ex pilot, world war two, great patriotic war, flashback, middle age, loneliness

Plot:

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.

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