Wait for Me (1943 film)

Wait for Me (Russian: Жди меня, romanizedZhdi menya) is a 1943 Soviet World War II film directed by Boris Ivanov and Aleksandr Stolper and starring Boris Blinov, Valentina Serova and Lev Sverdlin.[1]

Wait for Me
Directed by
Written by
Starring
CinematographySamuil Rubashkin
Edited byYevgeniya Abdirkina
Music byNikolai Kryukov
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Release date
  • 1 November 1943 (1943-11-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The film's art direction was by Artur Berger and Vladimir Kamsky.

Synopsis

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Three friends, Misha Weinstein (a journalist) and Nikolai Yermolov and Andrei Panov (both pilots) promise each other to meet after the war.

During a reconnaissance mission, the plane carrying Yermolov and Panov gets shot down by the Nazis, and the two take refuge in an abandoned hut where they decide to defend themselves to the very last breath. Meanwhile, Weinstein is ordered to deliver intelligence to the front line. Panov dies, and Yermolov makes his way to the partisans and becomes a commander of one of the units. At this time, Yermolov's friends believe he has died as well. Only his wife Lisa maintains hope.

Weinstein arrives behind enemy lines to interview a successful guerrilla commander and unexpectedly discovers it is his old friend Yermolov. Weinstein tries to return to friendly territory with the news of Yermolov's survival but his plane is shot down and the correspondent dies. The letter does not reach its destination.

When Yermolov returns home he meets his wife, who in spite of everything has waited for him all this time.

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References

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  1. ^ Rollberg p.668

Bibliography

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  • Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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