The Flight

The Flight

196 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 14, 1971

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.

The Flight

196 mins | Drama, War, History | Jan. 14, 1971

The Flight
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Бег
Directors Vladimir Naumov, Aleksandr Alov
Writers Aleksandr Alov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladimir Naumov

Cast

Aleksey Batalov

as Sergei Pavlovich Golubkov

Ludmila Savelyeva

as Serafima Vladimirovna Korzukhina

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky

as General Khludov

Mikhail Ulyanov

as General Charnota

Oleg Efremov

as Colonel

Evgeniy Evstigneev

as Korzukhin

Nikolay Olyalin

as Krapilin

Vladimir Basov

as Artur Arturovich, the Cockroach Tsar

Bruno Frejndlikh

as General Vrangel

Vladimir Osenev

as Tikhiy

Gotlib Roninson

as Voluptuous Greek

Tamara Loginova

as Lichiko

Roman Khomyatov

as Frunze

Tatyana Tkach

as Lyuska

Viktor Mizin

as commander at the Frunze headquarters

Stanislav Khitrov

as Anyuan

Aleksandr Yanvaryov

as Golovan