Wait for Me
About Wait for Me
Pilots Nikolai Yermolov and Andrei Panov and journalist Misha Weinstein promise to meet after the war. Their plane is shot down, Panov dies in an abandoned hut, and Yermolov becomes a partisan commander while his friends think he is dead. Only his wife Lisa keeps waiting. Weinstein finds him and then dies when his own plane is shot down, so the news never arrives, and Yermolov comes home to the wife who has waited.
Cast & crew
More about Wait for Me
Boris Ivanov and Aleksandr Stolper directed, Konstantin Simonov wrote it, and Samuil Rubashkin photographed it. Nikolay Kryukov and Yury Biryukov are the composers, and Artur Berger and Vladimir Kamsky did the art direction. Wikidata lists 87 minutes and the dates November 1, 1943, November 20, 1944, and March 17, 1945.
Themes
Background
Simonov's wartime story is staged as a home-front wait against a partisan command behind German lines.
Look
Samuil Rubashkin photographed the Kazakhfilm production.
Music
Nikolay Kryukov and Yury Biryukov are the composers on Wikidata.
Notes
- Boris Blinov plays Yermolov, Valentina Serova plays Lisa, Lev Sverdlin plays Weinstein, and Mikhail Nazvanov plays Panov.
- Mark Bernes is in the Wikidata cast. The English cast list also includes Nina Zorskaya and Yelena Tyapkina as Mariya.
- Andrey Martynov is billed as a partisan.
- The letter Weinstein carries does not reach Lisa.
Scenes
- Panov and Yermolov hold an abandoned hut after the plane is shot down, and Panov dies there.
- Yermolov returns to Lisa, who has not accepted the report of his death.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1943 Жди меня.webm)
