Moscow Skies

Moscow Skies

1944
1h 21m
6.8

6.8/10

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"Blazing With Glory...Glowing with Love!"

Overview

Based on the play of the same name by Georgi Mdivani. In September 1941, lieutenant Ilya Streltsov, who graduated from the flight school, was assigned to the fighter aviation regiment guarding the sky of Moscow. He meets in part the nurse Zoya, with whom he grew up in the same yard and with whom he has long been in love. During the first training flight on the "Seagull", lieutenant Streltsov shot down a German plane and received the nickname "Lucky." Streltsov is jealous of the squadron commander to nurse Zoya, believes that he is finding fault with him. For a whole month he is not allowed to fly sorties. In October 1941, lieutenant Streltsov made his first sortie, he shot down one plane and rams the second. For this battle, he is awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Небо Москвы
Release Date June 1, 1944
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0037122

Cast

Pyotr Aleynikov
Pyotr Aleynikov

lieutenant Ilya Streltsov

Nina Mazayeva
Nina Mazayeva

nurse Zoya

Nikolai Bogolyubov
Nikolai Bogolyubov

lieutenant colonel Balashov

Pyotr Sobolevsky
Pyotr Sobolevsky

captain Goncharov

Ivan Kuznetsov
Ivan Kuznetsov

senior lieutenant Shcherbina

Yevgeni Nemchenko
Yevgeni Nemchenko

senior lieutenant Solovyov

Nikolai Shamin
Nikolai Shamin

Streltsov's father

Aleksandra Salnikova
Aleksandra Salnikova

mother

Yelizaveta Shumskaya
Yelizaveta Shumskaya

Natasha

Fyodor Fedotov
Fyodor Fedotov

Rakitin

Anatoly Alekseev
Anatoly Alekseev

pilot

Yevgeni Grigoryev
Yevgeni Grigoryev

pilot

Key Crew

Yuli Raizman
Director
Mikhail Bleiman
Writer
Manuel Bolshintsov
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Producer
Mikhail Levin
Executive Producer