Sky (2021 film) explained

Sky
Director:Igor Kopylov
Editing:Vitaly Vinogradov
Runtime:110 minutes
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Gross:108 million[1]

Sky (Russian: Небо|Nebo) is a 2021 Russian aviation action war film written and directed by Igor Kopylov, about the Russian military pilots in Syria, and the 2015 shootdown of an Su-24 over Turkey-Syrian airspace.The film was shot with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is included in the list of films that must be watched in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.[2]

The three main characters are: Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Soshnikov (Igor Petrenko), Captain Konstantin Muravyov (Ivan Batarev), and Major Vadim Zakharov (Sergey Gubanov). Three different characters, three different fates, which are destined to converge at the Khmeimim Air Base.

Sky was theatrically released in Russia on November 18, 2021 by Central Partnership.[3]

Background

The film is based on events in the lives of aviators Oleg Peshkov and Konstantin Murakhtin: on November 24, 2015, during a combat flight, their Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish fighter in northern Syria. Peshkov and Murakhtin ejected, but Peshkov was still shot by rebels in the air.[4] Konstantin Murakhtin, who survived, was awarded the Order of Courage.

Plot

The film is about three Russian Officers with different backgrounds, who converge at the Khmeimim military base, involved with the shootdown of a Russian Su-24 by a Turkish F-16 over Turko-Syrian airspace in 2015, and the rescue of the crew shortly after.[5]

Cast

Production

The film was produced by the 3xMedia film company together with the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Filming

Principal photography began in the Republic of Crimea in October 2020; later they went to Syria, Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Lipetsk, including at the existing facilities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.[6]

Release

Marketing

The first teaser trailer for Mission "Sky" was released on August 23, 2021.[7]

Theatrical

The pre-premiere screening of the film took place on November 14, 2021 in Saint Petersburg. The first spectators were officers of the 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces, cadets of military educational institutions, servicemen of the military police, filmmakers, heads of veteran organizations and military patriotic clubs.[8]

Mission "Sky" premiered at the Karo 11 October cinema center in Moscow on November 17, 2021. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the Russian Federation on November 18, 2021 by Central Partnership.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111027321/ Box Office
  2. Web site: Министр обороны России генерал армии Сергей Шойгу провел селекторное совещание с руководящим составом Вооруженных Сил . Russian . Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergey Shoigu held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces . November 9, 2021 . . November 16, 2021.
  3. Web site: Путину подарят премьеру фильма о герое-летчике Олеге Пешкове . Russian . Putin will be presented with the premiere of a film about the hero-pilot Oleg Peshkov . Boyko . Alexander . 23 August 2021 . . September 16, 2021.
  4. https://aif.ru/culture/movie/kogda_vyydet_film_nebo_o_pogibshem_v_sirii_letchike_peshkove Когда выйдет фильм «Небо» о погибшем в Сирии летчике Пешкове?
  5. Web site: Небо / Sky (2021) . www.kinoafisha.info . Russian.
  6. Web site: "Небо" летчика Пешкова. В России снимают фильм о сбитом турками бомбардировщике Су-24 . Russian . Sky of the pilot Peshkov. A film about a Su-24 bomber shot down by the Turks is being shot in Russia . Eliseeva . Ekaterina . December 9, 2020 . . September 16, 2021.
  7. Web site: Премьера трейлера фильма «Небо» . Russian . Premiere of the trailer for the film Sky . August 23, 2021 . . September 16, 2021.
  8. Web site: Летчики Ленинградской армии ВВС и ПВО в Санкт-Петербурге приняли участие в предпремьерном показе фильма «Небо» об истории военного летчика Олега Пешкова . Russian . Pilots of the Leningrad Army Air Force and Air Defense in St. Petersburg took part in the pre-premiere screening of the film Sky about the history of military pilot Oleg Peshkov . November 14, 2021 . . November 16, 2021.

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