Nebo Moskvy


Nebo Moskvy, is a 1944 Soviet World War II film directed by Yuli Raizman. The film is a Soviet-era wartime film depicting the air defence of Moscow in 1941.

Plot

In September 1941, Lt. Ilya Streltsov, says goodbye to his parents, Streltsov's father and mother.
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.
Streltsov's love is Zoya Vladimirovna 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, Sr. Lt. Cherbina
and Sr. Lt. Solovyov 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

    Production

The aircraft used in Nebo Moskvy are:
Under the title, The Moscow Sky and Moscow Skies, Nebo Moskvy was released worldwide. Aviation film historian James H, Farmer in Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation described the film's "primitive scenario enhanced by vivid scenes of wartime Russia." Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in Aviation in the Cinema had a similar opinion, noting, "... the film mixed a tepid plot about a daring Army pilot who has an affair with an Army nurse with newsreel footage of aerial combat."