Les ailes

Original title: Krylya

1966
1h 25m

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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 militar... Read allA 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.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.

Director
- Larisa Shepitko
Writers
- Natalya Ryazantseva
- Valentin Yezhov
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7.6/10

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Director
- Larisa Shepitko
Writers
- Natalya Ryazantseva
- Valentin Yezhov
Stars

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Mayya Bulgakova

Nadezhda Petrukhina

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergei Bystryakov

Zhanna Bolotova

Tanya

Panteleymon Krymov

Pavel Gavrilovich
(as Pantelejmon Krymov)

Leonid Dyachkov

Mitya Grachov

Vladimir Gorelov

Igor

Yuriy Medvedev

Boris Grigoryevich

Nikolay Grabbe

Kostya Shuvalov

Zhanna Aleksandrova

Zinka

Rimma Markova

Shura
(as Rimma Nikitina-Markova)

Arkadi Trusov

Morozov

Olga Gobzeva

Zhurnalistka

Boris Yurchenko

Sinitsin

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Misha

Vladimir Burmistrov

Souchenik
(as V. Burmistrov)

Pyotr Dolzhanov

Vladimir Danilovich
(as P. Dolzhanov)

Natalya Gitserot

Natalya Maksimilyanovna
(as N. Gitserot)

O. Grabak

Director
- Larisa Shepitko
Writers
- Natalya Ryazantseva
- Valentin Yezhov
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Final film of Mariya Kravchunovskaya.

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Featured in I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman (1988)

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8/10

Beautiful post war film

A schoolmistress, former glory of the USSR air force, reflects on her life.

Within the post-war cinema (1960s), it's one of the best Russian films I have ever seen.

By Larisa Shepitko, one of the best female directors of all time, 'Wings' is the portrait of a woman who, even with a stable and successful life, feels an enormous nostalgia, when remembering the days on the front line to defend her nation.

The pace, slow and calm, is perfect for the effect that Shepitko intended to do.

The love for the country overrides the personal romance, and family and social relationships are questioned, when the desire to return to the former glory days consumes insanely the little that she still has inside her.

It's also a pertinent approach to feminism, and the role of women in the Soviet hierarchy.

The cinematography is very good, with a fabulous composition.