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The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
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The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

2021 · 105 min War History Drama
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Renat Davletyarov

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Pyotr Fyodorov

Pyotr Fyodorov

Nikolai Komlev

Anna Peskova

Anna Peskova

Olga

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Pavel Osadchy

Mikhail

Maksim Emelyanov

Maksim Emelyanov

Ignat

Aleksey Barabash

Aleksey Barabash

Anatoly Grishko

Anatoly Grishko

Elena Drobysheva

Elena Drobysheva

Evgeniy Mikheev

Evgeniy Mikheev

Gela Meskhi

Gela Meskhi

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Roman Knizhka

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