Wings Above Berlin

Wings Above Berlin (2022)

1941. Крылья над Берлином

The year is 1941. Nazi Germany has declared war on the USSR and begins launching air assaults on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Stalin immediately orders a retaliatory air campaign under the code name “Wings over Berlin.” The closest entry point to Berlin from the USSR border was an airfield on the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It would be a 7-hour flight over enemy territory in outdated aircraft leaving no chance of survival for the tail crew members in case of attack. Despite overwhelming odds, the first units completed the mission and made it back to base safely, unlike many others that followed.

Date of release
2022-04-28
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Romance, History
Director
Konstantin Buslov

Casting

Interesting facts

1941. Wings Over Berlin is a 2022 Russian WWII film directed by Konstantin Buslov, also presented by the producer and one of the film's screenwriters. It stars Maksim Bityukov and Sergei Puskepalis in supporting roles. The film tells about the heroic deed of the pilots of the 1st Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force, headed by Colonel Preobrazhensky, who were tasked with striking Berlin.

Production

The script for the film was written by Aleksey Borodachyov and Anatoly Usov, who previously worked with Konstantin Buslov together when creating the biographical film AK-47 (2020 film). The director of the tape was also made by Konstantin Buslov.

An inaccuracy has been made. DB-3-2M-87 bombers are depicted as raiding Berlin. In fact, DB-3F-2M-88 aircraft took part in it. In 1942, the aircraft was renamed Il-4.

Principal photography historical paintings took place on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, Moscow and Berlin.

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