Krylya (Wings)

Larisa Shepitko (1966)

Tells the story of Nadezhda Petrovna, a once-famous, Stalinist fighter pilot from World War 2.

Set in the 1960s she now lives an unfulfilling, ordinary life as a school principal, a million miles away from her previous heroic persona.

In Russian with optional English subtitles.

RU FILM 29(DVD) On request