A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 6, 1960
Original Title:
Балтийское небо
Alternate Titles:
Balti taevas
Balti égbolt
Baltiyskoe nebo
Bałtyckie niebo
El Cielo del Báltico
Le Ciel de la Baltique
Балтійське небо
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Lenfilm
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 163
Based on the novel of the same name by Nikolai Chukovsky. The end of August 1941. At night, a truck rushes along the last road not yet occupied by the enemy to Leningrad. In the back of two — civil aviation pilot Lunin and commissar of the air division Uvarov. Lunin, a man no longer young, experienced, but had not yet been in battle, was sent to the legendary squadron of fighter pilots under the command of Captain Rassokhin. This squadron fought from the first day of the war and has already lost most of its composition. The story of the harsh everyday life of the defenders of Leningrad, full of heroism and tragedy; about the heavy share of city residents who fell into the ring of an enemy blockade. In the center of the story is the fate of military pilots who had to fight in the sky over Leningrad and the Baltic.
Camera Operator:
Mikhail Pokrovsky
Semyon Ivanov
Georgiy Vargin
Conductor:
Arvīds Jansons
Costume Design:
Vilya Rakhmatulina
Director:
Vladimir Vengerov
Director of Photography:
Genrikh Marandzhyan
Editor:
Stera Gorakova
Music:
Isaac Schwarts
Novel:
Nikolai Chukovsky
Production Design:
Viktor Volin
Sound:
Yevgeni Nesterov
Writer:
Nikolai Chukovsky
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