The Flight (1972)

  • NR
  • 01/28/1972 (FI)
  • Drama, History, War
  • 3h 16m

Overview

The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to Constantinople, to Paris, back to Russia. Some of them have understood that they can't live outside Russia and go back maybe to be happy, maybe not, some go back to face sure death for their crimes, some don't go back and know that are going to miss homeland forever, some are comfortably well off (are they?) in exile. Sentimental without syrup, tragic and comical at the same time.

Mikhail Bulgakov

Novel

Vladimir Naumov

Writer, Director

Aleksandr Alov

Writer, Director

Cast

Aleksey Batalov's headshot

Aleksey Batalov

Сергей Павлович Голубков, приват-доцент Петроградского университета
Ludmila Savelyeva's headshot

Ludmila Savelyeva

Серафима Владимировна Корзухина, жена Товарища министра торговли
Mikhail Ulyanov's headshot

Mikhail Ulyanov

Григорий Лукьянович Чарнота, генерал
Tatyana Tkach's headshot

Tatyana Tkach

Люська Корсакова
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky's headshot

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky

Роман Валерьянович Хлудов, генерал
Evgeniy Evstigneev's headshot

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Парамон Ильич Корзухин
Roman Khomyatov's headshot

Roman Khomyatov

Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе, красный командарм
Vladimir Zamanskiy's headshot

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Баев, командир красного полка

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