The Bomber

Original title: Ballada o bombere

2011
3h 1m

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The Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved ra... Read allThe Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who e... Read allThe Bomber (2011) / (Russian language title: Ballada o Bombere) Storyline During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way and perform military tasks, return... Read all

Director
- Vitaliy Vorobyov
Writers
- Mikhail Veller
- Arkadiy Tigay
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Director
- Vitaliy Vorobyov
Writers
- Mikhail Veller
- Arkadiy Tigay
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Photos9

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10webbyman-577-111582

some may dislike Russian subtitles and the fact its 3 hours long.. I didn't!

I'm also extremely surprised to see such a low rating on this film; I thought it was fantastic. I may not have watched it if I had seen its IMDb rating before hand, especially since I'm not usually a fan of long-winded films. Whilst maybe It was merely a 9/10 in my eyes, I've given it a deserving 10/10 to boost its ranking.

Set during world war 2, this action packed, 3 hour long, Russian war-time love story was originally meant to be a high budget Russian TV series. For those of you like me who struggle watching long films, I suggest splitting the film in two or three parts of thoroughly enjoyable viewing.

p.s If you're unsure, I suggest you ignore rating!

10jerome-walker-usa

Very Interesting and Exciting Too

I just have three things to say:

It's available on Hulu for free in the USA! It was a pleasure (to have more Russian language material) to watch and listen and try not to look at the subtitles too often. (Of course I failed - I needed to look at the subtitles most of the time.

The story is very interesting and exciting too. If you are only vaguely aware of Hitler's betrayal of the USSR and not aware of the ensuing conflict within the auspices of WWII that it caused, it will be even more interesting as you see some of the aspects of the conflict, as well as life in the Soviet Army.

I loved for the reasons above. Oh by the way... I repeat: It's on Hulu in the USA for free!

Cheers, Jerry

8foreverinflow

Surprised and amazed

I've never wrote a review before, but this film made me wanna make one. I didn't even knew this film was Russian, but after watching this film, I clapped my hands and I felt they've done a great job with it.

The characters is developed well, making you wanna root for them, and the storyline is good but I wished they would put more effort in the showing the 'emotions/feelings' of the characters. (The part where it supposed to make me sad/mad. .but it's not enough) There's also some magic moments where you wouldn't have thought would happen..And that's what made this film interesting to watch till the end.

Just like a Korean war movie with a Russian twist.

Awesome.

10PeriodDramaFan88

So good!

If you can get your hands on this series with English subtitles and you love WWII romance stories you have to watch this! I love this mini series so much!!!

9hoang_gau213

love and war

It's such a big surprise to me to see the number of people vote, and their marks about this film. Then, i realize that maybe it's a Russian film - which is not so popular in the Western. And it's about the WW2 and the Soviet, so people expect to see cruel stuffs of the Soviet gor, not something else. I can smell it 'cause im from a socialist country. To be frank, this film is not a propaganda one. An it should be received more attention from the West. It's based on a novel, so there's nothing to complain about the story line. The film contains many beautiful image, and the music is perfect. The only thing that i don't like is that the scenes change so quickly. If you don't mind watching a 3-hour long film, you should spend your time on this one. I can guarantee that you wont regret it.

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Trivia
The squadron is flying the Tupolev Tu-2 bomber. It is considered by many authorities to be one of the best high-speed medium bombers of WWII, easily rivaling other comparable contemporary bombers, such as the Junkers Ju-88 flown by the Germans. Designed by Andrey Tupolev in the late 1930s when he was a political prisoner, its success is credited as one of the factors that led to his early release in 1944.

Goofs
During the air combat scene, a German fighter plane is identified as a "Messerschmitt". The plane in the scene is anything but - the cockpit canopy, the tail section, and the overall silhouette are wrong. The plane have more similarities with the Heinkel He-100, but that aircraft didn't see service on the Eastern Front.