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59% Critic Match
Clear Skies
“The Most Important Motion Picture That Has Ever Come From The Soviet Union”
5.9 / 10• 1961• 1h 50m•NR• Russian
DramaWarRomance
Storyline
For many years, Sasha Lvova has been waiting for the return of her lover, pilot Aleksei Astakhov, refusing to believe in his death at the front. And he really returns to her and his son after captivity, but this is a completely different person, rejected by society, expelled from the profession. It is difficult to say how Aleksei’s fate would have been if it hadn’t for Sasha’s love, her ability to survive in the most difficult circumstances.
Cast & Crew
Nina Drobysheva
Sasha Lvova
Lead
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Aleksei Astakhov
NK
Natalya Kuzmina
Lyusya
Vitaliy Konyaev
Petya
Georgiy Kulikov
Mitya
Leonid Knyazev
Ivan Ilyich
Georgi Georgiu
Nikolai Avdeyevich
Oleg Tabakov
Sergei
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Grigoriy Chukhray's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Clear Skies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
