Mission «Sky»
Short description
Mission «Sky» centres on three men serving at the Khmeimim air base: Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Soshnikov, Captain Konstantin Muravyov and Major Zakharov. The three differ in age, temperament and background, and their paths converge at the base, where their duties as servicemen bring them into the same orbit. The story follows their service and the ties that form between them. The film is a Russian war drama directed by Igor Kopylov, who also wrote the screenplay and produced it alongside Inessa Yurchenko and Sergey Scheglov. It was Kopylov's second feature, arriving two years after his 2019 debut, Unknown Battle. Igor Petrenko plays Soshnikov, Ivan Batarev plays Muravyov and Sergey Gubanov plays Zakharov, with Ilya Noskov, Dmitry Vlaskin and Sergey Zharkov among the supporting cast; 74 performers are credited in all. Released in November 2021, the film runs 110 minutes and took roughly 2 million dollars worldwide. Audience response has been divided by platform: on IMDb it holds 5.8 out of 10 from 794 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 8 out of 10 from a much smaller pool of 59 votes. The two figures suggest a modest turnout on each site and sharply differing views among those who recorded a score.
What's left behind the scenes
- The central plot of the film revolves around the story of the feat of pilots Oleg Peshkov and Konstantin Murakhtin: on November 24, 2015, during a combat sortie, their Su-24 was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet in northern Syria. Peshkov and Murakhtin ejected, but Peshkov was shot by terrorists while still in the air. They were all later eliminated, and the deceased pilot was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Konstantin Murakhtin, who survived, was awarded the Order of Courage.
- Filming took place at real military facilities in Syria, Crimea, and the Lipetsk Aviation Center.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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