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      • There are plenty of impressive set-pieces and moment of jeopardy along the way, but it’s the determination and human story which drives Nikolai to continue. Whilst there’s a little too much overt propaganda on show, The Pilot: A Battle for Survival is an entertaining and powerful drama.
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  2. Feb 24, 2022. The first aviation story of WWII I’ve seen told from the Russian perspective. It is a story, rather than an attempt to document an actual series of events, but draws from actual ...

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    • Drama, History, Biography
    • Renat Davletyarov, Cindy Robinson
  3. 32 reviews. Hide spoilers. Review. Featured. RatingsShow all. 7/10. The story of a Russian WWII pilot's resilience in the face massive adversity. The Pilot. A Battle for Survival is a tense, survival war drama that doesn't shy away from the horrors of battle.

  4. Feb 28, 2022 · The Pilot tells the story of a fictional pilot, Nikolai Komlev (Pyotr Fyodorov), who is forced to traverse the invaded parts of Russia and try to get back to his comrades after his plane is brought down in a dogfight. Some emphasis is put on his knowledge of the land giving him the advantage, and a naturalised ability to survive the cold that ...

  5. The Pilot: A Battle for Survival Reviews. Whilst theres a little too much overt propaganda on show, The Pilot: A Battle for Survival is an entertaining and powerful drama.

    • Boris Egorov
    • Based on real events and genuine heroism. It is December, 1941. The Battle of Moscow is at its peak. A Soviet ground-attack aircraft Il-2, captained by Nikolai Komlev, shoots up a German armored vehicle column, then ends up under heavy fire from enemy anti-aircraft systems and fighter planes.
    • A genuine WWII-era plane was used in the filming. The Soviet Il-2 is given one of the main roles in ‘The Pilot: A Battle for Survival’ - no CGI involved, it’s a genuine WWII-era ground-attack aircraft.
    • The Pilot’ is like the ‘The Revenant’ of the WWII era. Devlatyarov confessed that ‘The Revenant’, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, became one of the main sources of inspiration for ‘The Pilot’.
    • Filming was done in genuine extreme conditions. The creators attempted to make ‘The Pilot’ as realistic as possible: filming was done in winter, in the remote wilderness of Novgorod Region - the place where Maresyev’s plane actually crash-landed.
  6. Feb 24, 2022 · In The Pilot: A Battle for Survival, one airman must fight for his life on the ground. On the North-Western front in 1941, Nikolai Komlev’s (Pyotr Fyodorov) is on a mission to stop the advance of a German tank unit.

  7. Mar 1, 2022 · During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance.

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