The Flight / Beg
by Alexander Alov, Vladimir Naumov
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Director: Alexander Alov, Vladimir NaumovPrimary Contributor: Mikhail Ulyanov
Primary Contributor: Alexei Batalov
Primary Contributor: Liudmila Savelyeva
Primary Contributor: Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Primary Contributor: Yevgheny Yevstigneyev
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Russian (Unknown); English (Unknown); French (Unknown); German (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 197 unknown-units
Published: 2005
Studio: Ruscico
Movie Reviews of The Flight / Beg
Movie Review: Breathtaking Cinematography Acting and Story
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is absolutely incredible
featuring some of the actors from War and Peace, the cast is an amazing ensemble of great Russian film and stage actors, a real "they dont make em like they used to" film.
The storyline is amazing, with each part of the movie (I & II) providing for amazingly different environments that truly help to depict the heartbreak of the people who fled Russia during the civil war. Loaded symbolism throughout, the movie exists on a surreal allegorical level, paying homage to its roots as one of Bulgakov's finest stories.
The actors in this movie draw you in, not always with outspoken performances, but also with powerful moments of silence, as they reflect on their loss of a Russia that they can no longer stay in. The characters range from the highest of generals to the everyday intellectual, all fleeing the changing wind of Communist victory.
Gorgeous scenes of the Russia countryside, grand scenes of combat, beautiful scenes of the cities the exiles live in, and terrifying surreal landscapes all come together to provide a film like no other.
Superb!
Summary of The Flight / Beg
Languages: MONO: Russian DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1: Russian, English (dubbed), French (dubbed) Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian. This film is based on works by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. The 1920s Civil War in Russia. Routed by the Red Army, the panic-stricken White Guards were fleeing the country. Like a headlong avalanche, they carried along those who wouldn't accept the new power. Among many who fled abroad from the Crimea were Roman Khludov, head of the general staff of Wrangel's Army, a hangman and executioner; Sergei Golubkov, a university professor; Serafima Korzukhina, wife of a St. Petersburg business man who renounced her to save his own skin, and others. Their lives in a foreign land took different turns, but they were all destined to go through a bitter re-evaluation of their former ideals and personal dramas. One of the world's best screen adaptations of M. Bulgakov's prose - his novels "The Flight" and "White Guard" and libretto "The Black Sea" dedicated to M. Frunze. Literary consultant of the film - the author's widow Yelena Bulgakova.Similar DVD Movies
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