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The Flight (1971)

★ 7.8196 minDirector: Aleksandr Alov

1970 film

The Flight (Russian: Бег, transliteration Beg) is a 1970 Soviet historical drama film, mainly based on writer Mikhail Bulgakov's play Flight, but also on his novel The White Guard and his libretto Black Sea. It is written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov and is the story about a group of Russian Empire's high society refugees from the Russian Civil War, seeking out an existence in Istanbul and Paris in the 1920s. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.

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What is The Flight about?
The Flight (1971) — The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and Paris. The Russian Civil War and emigration is shown through the eyes of the defeated Tsari
Is The Flight based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Flight scary?
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