At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Cinematography
Estonian locations masquerading as Soviet military austerity
Acting
Tom Prior's eyes doing three acts of silent devastation
Direction
Peeter Rebane's own Soviet military experience bleeding through
Director
Peeter Rebane
Tom Prior
Sergey
Oleg Zagorodnii
Roman
Diana Pozharskaya
Luisa
Jake Henderson
Volodja
Margus Prangel
Major Zverev
Nicholas Woodeson
Polkovnik Kuznetsov
Ester Kuntu
Masha
Kaspar Velberg
Pilot Selenov
Sergei Lavrentyev
Drama Professor
Rasmus Kaljujärv
Pilot
Lauri Mäesepp
Pilot
Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Pilot
Vladimir Nadein
Young Conscript
Markus Luik
Sergeant Janis
Anatoli Tafitšuk
Mechanic Ivan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Sergey Fetisov's memoir 'The Story of Roman,' banned in Russia until his death. The film itself was shot in secret locations to avoid Kremlin interference.
Tom Prior (Sergey) optioned the rights himself after reading the memoir, spent years developing it. That desperation you see? That's also an actor who fought to tell this story.
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I await this Film for online viewing, anxiously and eagerly. When I was a young US Airman in the 1960s, I had to come to terms with the fact that my 'inner homosexual' was screaming to come out. I was SO AFRAID. Afraid that I might slip up, give too much attention to certain Airmen; attempt something physical. I was being groomed by USAF to enter into an officer's educational program that would have put me on a career path. The fact is, I loved Military service and the Air Force. Out of fear of disgracing myself, the Air Force and my country, I opted to return to civilian life. Two years later, I "came out" with my first male partner.
@keltus_warrior6491 2667
This movie left me shaken. I left the theater in tears. I was so hurt and upset. No other movie impacted me this way. I sobbed so much 😢😢
@msm2143 910
No film has ever broken my heart the way this true story did. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@MKJR_ 156
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