The Flight (Russian: Бег, transliteration Beg) is a 1970 Soviet historical drama film, mainly based on writer Mikhail Bulgakov's play Flight, but also on his novel The White Guard and his libretto Black Sea.[1] It is written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov and is the story about a group of White refugees from the Russian Civil War, eking out an existence in Istanbul and Paris in the 1920s.[2] It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
| The Flight | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Alov Vladimir Naumov |
| Written by | Mikhail A. Bulgakov (play) Aleksandr Alov Vladimir Naumov |
| Starring | Lyudmila Savelyeva Aleksey Batalov Mikhail Ulyanov Tatyana Tkach |
| Cinematography | Levan Paatashvili |
| Edited by | Tamara Zubova |
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Running time | 196 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Cast
- Lyudmila Savelyeva as Serafima Vladimirovna Korzukhina
- Aleksey Batalov as Sergei Pavlovich Golubkov
- Mikhail Ulyanov as General Charnota
- Tatyana Tkach as Lyuska
- Vladislav Dvorzhetsky as General Khludov
- Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Korzukhin
- Vladimir Zamansky as Baev
- Nikolay Olyalin as Krapilin
- Bruno Freindlich as General Vrangel
- Vladimir Basov as Artur Arturovich, the Cockroach Tsar
- Tamara Loginova as Lichiko
- Oleg Yefremov as Colonel
- Vladimir Osenev as Tikhiy
- Gotlib Roninson as Voluptuous Greek
