Night Witches

Jun 6, 1981

1h 15m

★ 3.3

Overview

Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.

Genres

War

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Night Witches Trailers

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Cast

Squadron Commander Ksana Zakharchenko

Valentina Grushina

Galya Polikarpova

Yana Druz

Mariya Ivanovna

Nina Menshikova

Guard Major Dusya Boguslavskaya

Valeriya Zaklunnaya

Julia Nesterova

Tatyana Chernopyatova

Katya Maksimova

Elena Astafeva

Tonya Zhukova

Aleksandra Sviridova

Kostya Lazarev

Sergey Martynov

Sofico

Dodo Chogovadze

Major General of Aviation

Stanislav Korenev

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airfield duty officer

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