Wings
7.5
Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.
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Cast
29 people
Maya Bulgakova
Nadezhda Petrukhina
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Zhanna Bolotova
Tanya Petrukhina
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Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
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Pantelejmon Krymov
Pavel Gavrilovich
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Lady with the Dog
Adventures of a Dentist
Leonid Dyachkov
Mitya Grachov
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You and Me
Shine, Shine, My Star
Vladimir Gorelov
Igor, Tanya's Husband
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At the Beginning of the Century
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Yuri Medvedev
Boris Grigoriyevich
Known for
The Twelve Chairs
Amphibian Man
Nikolay Grabbe
Konstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov
Known for
Andrei Rublev
The Secret of the Third Planet
Zhanna Aleksandrova
Zina Yermolayeva
Known for
Station for Two
Sergey Nikonenko
Sergey Bystryakov
Known for
What Men Talk About
Ten Winters
Rimma Markova
Shura
Known for
Night Watch
The Best Movie
Arkadi Trusov
Morozov
Known for
Striped Trip
Olga Gobzeva
Journalist
Known for
I Am Twenty
Larisa Shepitko Director · Natalya Ryazantseva Writer Valentin Ezhov Writer
First release November 10, 1966 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Крылья
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Крылья
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · November 10, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
August 6, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista ("O Cinema de Larisa Shepitko," 4K Restoration)
Czechia
July 5, 2015 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
June 17, 2021 · Premiere · Midnight Sun Film Festival
France
October 13, 2015 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival
April 25, 2017 · Physical · DVD (Potemkine Films)
March 8, 2024 · Premiere · Paris Russian Film Festival
Germany
June 17, 1983 · TV · East Germany
Hungary
December 15, 1966 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 5, 2016 · Theatrical
Russia
September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Moscow International Archival Film Festival
Sweden
February 11, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateket
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