The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Natalya RyazantsevaWriter
- Valentin EzhovWriter
- Larisa ShepitkoDirector
- Roman LedenyovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maya BulgakovaNadezhda Petrukhina
- Zhanna BolotovaTanya Petrukhina
- Pantelejmon KrymovPavel Gavrilovich
- Leonid DyachkovMitya Grachov
- Vladimir GorelovIgor, Tanya's Husband
- Yuri MedvedevBoris Grigoriyevich
- Nikolay GrabbeKonstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov
- Zhanna AleksandrovaZina Yermolayeva
- Sergey NikonenkoSergey Bystryakov
- Rimma MarkovaShura
- Arkadi TrusovMorozov
- Olga GobzevaJournalist
Stills
Themes
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)biographynostalgiaaviationpost world war iischool principalwoman directorwar memoriesaviatrix