Moscow Skies

1944 WarHistory 110 minutes Directed by Yuli Raizman

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About Moscow Skies

In September 1941, Lieutenant Ilya Streltsov comes out of flight school and joins a fighter regiment guarding Moscow. In the unit he meets the nurse Zoya.

Cast & crew

More about Moscow Skies

Yuli Raizman directed it from Georgi Mdivani's play. Mikhail Bleiman and Manuel Bolshintsov wrote the script. Yevgeni Andrikanis and Boris Aretskiy photographed it. Mosfilm lists release dates of 1 June 1944 and 20 January 1945. It runs 110 minutes. Pyotr Aleynikov, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Nina Mazaeva are billed. The Russian title is Небо Москвы.

Themes

  • A new pilot over Moscow
  • September 1941
  • A nurse in the regiment
  • Ilya Streltsov
  • Zoya
  • Raizman
  • Moscow
  • Mosfilm

Look

Yevgeni Andrikanis and Boris Aretskiy photographed the Moscow air defense.

Notes

  • A second date on the record is 20 January 1945.
  • The play is Mdivani's.
  • Aleynikov plays the new lieutenant.

Scenes

  • Streltsov reports to the fighter regiment.
  • He meets Zoya on the field.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1944 Небо Москвы.webm)

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