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The Flight

The Flight

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 14, 1971

Runtime

3h 16m

Genres

Drama, History, War

User Score

57%

Original Title

Бег

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Aleksandr Alov

Description

The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to Constantinople, to Paris, back to Russia. Some of them have understood that they can't live outside Russia and go back maybe to be happy, maybe not, some go back to face sure death for their crimes, some don't go back and know that are going to miss homeland forever, some are comfortably well off (are they?) in exile. Sentimental without syrup, tragic and comical at the same time.