| The Flight | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksandr Alov Vladimir Naumov |
| Written by | Mikhail A. Bulgakov Aleksandr Alov Vladimir Naumov |
| Starring | Lyudmila Savelyeva |
| Cinematography | Levan Paatashvili |
| Editing by | Tamara Zubova |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 196 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Flight (Russian: Бег, transliteration Beg) is a 1970 Soviet film, mainly based on writer Mikhail Bulgakov's play Flight, but also on his novel The White Guard and his libretto Black Sea.[1] It is written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov and is the story about a group of White refugees from the Russian Civil War, eking out an existence in Istanbul and Paris in the 1920s.[2]
It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[3]