Nebo Moskvy

1944 Soviet Union film

Mikhail Bleiman
Manuel Bolshintsov

Produced byYuli RaizmanStarring

Pyotr Aleynikov
Nikolay Bogolyubov
Ivan Kuznetsov
Nina Mazaeva
Nikolai Shamin
Pyotr Sobolevsky
Evgeniy Grigorev]
Fyodor Ivanov

CinematographyYevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis

Production
company

Mosfilm

Distributed byArtkino Pictures

Release dates

1 June 1944 (1944-06-01) (Rus)

20 January 1945 (1945-01-20) (USA)

Running time

88 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

Nebo Moskvy, (Russian: Небо Москвы) (aka The Moscow Sky and Moscow Skies) is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Yuli Raizman.^[1] The film is a Soviet-era wartime film depicting the air defence of Moscow in 1941.^[2]

Plot

In September 1941, Lt. Ilya Streltsov (Pyotr Aleynikov), says goodbye to his parents, Streltsov's father (Nikolai Shamin) and mother (Aleksandra Salnikova).

After graduating from a flying school, Streltsov goes to the air regiment consisting of fighter pilots that defend Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. The air regiment is under the command of Lt. Col. Balashev (Nikolay Bogolyubov).

Streltsov's love is Zoya Vladimirovna (Nina Mazaeva) who serves as a combat medic in the same unit. He thinks that she is more interested in decorated aces than in a rookie. Capt. Goncharov (Pyotr Sobolevsky), Sr. Lt. Cherbina (Ivan Kuznetsov) and Sr. Lt. Solovyov (Evgeniy Nemchenko) have already become heroes.

Soon Streltsov proves to be a skilled and brave pilot, and he is convinced that Zoya still loves him.

Cast

Pyotr Aleynikov as Lt. Ilya Streltsov
Nikolay Bogolyubov as Lt. Col. Balashev
Ivan Kuznetsov as 1st Lt. Cherbina
Nina Mazaeva as Zoya Vladimirovna
Nikolai Shamin as Ivan Ilich Streltsov
Aleksandra Salnikova as Streltsov's Mother
Pyotr Sobolevsky as Capt. Goncharov
Evgeniy Nemchenko as Sr. Lt. Solovyov
Evgeniy Grigorev
Fyodor Ivanov as Pilot (uncredited)^[3]

Production

The aircraft used in Nebo Moskvy are:

Polikarpov I-153
Polikarpov I-16
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
Tupolev TB-3
Junkers Ju 88 (scale model)
Heinkel He 111 (scale models and static mockup)^[4]^{[N 1]}

Reception

Under the title, The Moscow Sky and Moscow Skies, Nebo Moskvy was released worldwide (with English subtitles). Aviation film historian James H, Farmer in Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation (1984) described the film's "primitive scenario enhanced by vivid scenes of wartime Russia."^[5] Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in Aviation in the Cinema (1985) had a similar opinion, noting, "... the film mixed a tepid plot about a daring Army <sic> pilot who has an affair with an Army nurse with newsreel footage of aerial combat."^[6]

References

Notes

^ Nebo Moskvy was a "state-sponsored export" from the Soviet Union.^[5]

Citations

^ "Фильм о летчиках Великой Отечественной войны покажут в кинотеатре на Костякова (ru); A film about the defenders of the Moscow sky will be shown in a cinema on Kostyakov." butyrsky.mos.ru, 12 January 2017. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
^ "Небо Москвы (ru); "Military film." kinopoisk.ru, 2019. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
^ Небо Москвы (1944) Full Cast & Crew
^ "Nebo Moskvy." imfdb.org, 2019. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Farmer 1984, p. 321.
^ Pendo 1985, p. 152.

Bibliography

Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. ISBN 978-0-83062-374-7.
Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8-1081-746-2.