Wings
Krilja, feature film, drama, USSR, 1966
DIRECTED BY: Larisa Jefimovna Šepitko
CAST:
Maja Bulgakova (Nadezhda Petrukhina),
Sergej Nikonenko (Sergei Bystryakov),
Zhanna Bolotova (Tanja),
Panteleymon Krymov (Pavel Gavrilovich),
Leonid Dyachkov (Mitya Grachov)
SCRIPT:
Valentin Ezhov,
Natalya Ryazantseva
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Igor Slabnevich
Synopsis:
This is the feature film debut by Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko that she made immediately after graduating from the Russian Institute for Cinematography. The protagonist of the film is Nadezhda Petrukhina, famous war pilot from WW II who ties to endure the boring everyday life after the war. She works as a headmistress of a school and is well-respected but for some reason she is unhappy and dissatisfied.
b/w, 35 mm, 85 min