The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

6.5 2021 1h 45m Russia

War History Drama

December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.

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A battle for survival. December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.

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Directors

Renat Davletyarov

Writers

Renat Davletyarov, Aleksei Timoshkin, Sergej Ashkenazy

Cast

Pyotr Fyodorov, Anna Peskova, Pavel Osadchy, Maksim Emelyanov, Aleksey Barabash, Anatoly Grishko, Elena Drobysheva, Evgeniy Mikheev, Gela Meskhi, Roman Knizhka, Marcin Stec, Nikoloz Paikridze, Paul Orlyanskiy, Maxim Antonnikov, Valeriy Grishko

Production

DAProduction, Interfest, Star Media, Cinema Foundation of Russia

Languages

Russian

Countries

Russia