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For her first feature after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography (VGIK), Larisa Shepitko trained her lens on the fascinating Russian character actress Maya Bulgakova, who gives a marvelous performance as a once heroic Russian fighter pilot now living a quiet, disappointingly ordinary life as a school principal. Subtly portraying one woman’s desperation with elegant, spare camera work and casual, fluid storytelling, Shepitko, with Wings, announced herself as an important new voice in Soviet cinema.
Original Release
08/15/1966
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mayya Bulgakova | Nadezhda Petrukhina / Nadezhda Stepanovna Petrukhina |
Sergey Nikonenko | Sergei Bystryakov / Sergey Bystryakov |
Zhanna Bolotova | Tanya / Tanya Petrukhina |
Panteleymon Krymov | Pavel Gavrilovich |
Leonid Dyachkov | Mitya Grachov |
Vladimir Gorelov | Igor |
Yuriy Medvedev | Boris Grigoryevich / Boris Grigoriyevich |
Nikolay Grabbe | Kostya Shuvalov / Konstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov |
Zhanna Aleksandrova | Zinka / Zina Yermolayeva |
Rimma Markova | Shura |
Directors
Writers
Valentin Ezhov, Natalya Ryazantseva
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mayya Bulgakova | Nadezhda Petrukhina / Nadezhda Stepanovna Petrukhina |
Sergey Nikonenko | Sergei Bystryakov / Sergey Bystryakov |
Zhanna Bolotova | Tanya / Tanya Petrukhina |
Panteleymon Krymov | Pavel Gavrilovich |
Leonid Dyachkov | Mitya Grachov |
Vladimir Gorelov | Igor |
Yuriy Medvedev | Boris Grigoryevich / Boris Grigoriyevich |
Nikolay Grabbe | Kostya Shuvalov / Konstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov |
Zhanna Aleksandrova | Zinka / Zina Yermolayeva |
Rimma Markova | Shura |
Arkadi Trusov | Morozov |
Olga Gobzeva | Journalist / Zhurnalistka |
Boris Yurchenko | Sinitsin / Sinitsyn |
Evgeniy Evstigneev | Misha |
Vladimir Burmistrov | Souchenik / Fellow Student |
Pyotr Dolzhanov | Vladimir Danilovich |
Natalya Gitserot | Natalya Maksimilyanovna |
O. Grabak | |
Pavel Gurov | Portnoy / Tailor |
Mariya Kravchunovskaya | sosedka Bystryakovykh / Bystryakov's Neighbor |