Nebo Moskvy

Nebo Moskvy, (Russian: Небо Москвы) (aka The Moscow Sky and Moscow Skies) is a 1944 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman.[1] The film is a Soviet-era wartime film depicting the air defence of Moscow in 1941.[2]

Nebo Moskvy
Russian: Небо Москвы
Directed byYuli Raizman
Produced byYuli Raizman
Written by
  • Mikhail Bleiman
  • Manuel Bolshintsov
Starring
CinematographyYevgeni Andrikanis
Production
company
Distributed byArtkino Pictures
Release date
  • 1 June 1944 (1944-06-01) (Rus)
  • 20 January 1945 (1945-01-20) (USA)
Running time
88 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

In September 1941, Lt. Ilya Streltsov (Pyotr Aleynikov), says goodbye to his parents, Streltsov's father (Nikolai Shamin) and mother (Aleksandra Salnikova).

After graduating from a flying school, Streltsov goes to the air regiment consisting of fighter pilots that defend Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. The air regiment is under the command of Lt. Col. Balashev (Nikolay Bogolyubov).

Streltsov's love is Zoya Vladimirovna (Nina Mazaeva) who serves as a combat medic in the same unit. He thinks that she is more interested in decorated aces than in a rookie. Capt. Goncharov (Pyotr Sobolevsky), Sr. Lt. Cherbina (Ivan Kuznetsov) and Sr. Lt. Solovyov (Evgeniy Nemchenko) have already become heroes.

Soon Streltsov proves to be a skilled and brave pilot, and he is convinced that Zoya still loves him.

Cast
  • Pyotr Aleynikov as Lt. Ilya Streltsov
  • Nikolay Bogolyubov as Lt. Col. Balashev
  • Ivan Kuznetsov as 1st Lt. Cherbina
  • Nina Mazaeva as Zoya Vladimirovna
  • Nikolai Shamin as Ivan Ilich Streltsov
  • Aleksandra Salnikova as Streltsov's Mother
  • Pyotr Sobolevsky as Capt. Goncharov
  • Evgeniy Nemchenko as Sr. Lt. Solovyov
  • Evgeniy Grigorev
  • Fyodor Ivanov as Pilot (uncredited)[3]

Production

The aircraft used in Nebo Moskvy are:

Reception

Under the title, The Moscow Sky and Moscow Skies, Nebo Moskvy was released worldwide (with English subtitles). Aviation film historian James H, Farmer in Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation (1984) described the film's "primitive scenario enhanced by vivid scenes of wartime Russia."[5] Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in Aviation in the Cinema (1985) had a similar opinion, noting, "... the film mixed a tepid plot about a daring Army <sic> pilot who has an affair with an Army nurse with newsreel footage of aerial combat."[6]

References

Notes
  1. Nebo Moskvy was a "state-sponsored export" from the Soviet Union.[5]

Citations
  1. "Фильм о летчиках Великой Отечественной войны покажут в кинотеатре на Костякова (ru); A film about the defenders of the Moscow sky will be shown in a cinema on Kostyakov." butyrsky.mos.ru, 12 January 2017. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
  2. "Небо Москвы (ru); "Military film." kinopoisk.ru, 2019. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
  3. Небо Москвы (1944) Full Cast & Crew
  4. "Nebo Moskvy." imfdb.org, 2019. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
  5. Farmer 1984, p. 321.
  6. Pendo 1985, p. 152.

Bibliography
  • Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. ISBN 978-0-83062-374-7.
  • Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8-1081-746-2.
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