''Wait for Me'' (russian: Жди меня, Zhdi menya) is a 1943 Soviet

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film directed by Boris Ivanov and

Aleksandr Stolper Aleksandr Borisovich Stolper (russian: Александр Борисович Столпер; 12 August 1907, in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils) – 12 January 1979, in Moscow) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1 ...

and starring Boris Blinov, Valentina Serova and

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.Rollberg p.668 The film's art direction was by

Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, durin ...

and Vladimir Kamsky.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

* Boris Blinov as Nikolai Yermolov * Valentina Serova as Lisa *

as Misha Weinstein * Mikhail Nazvanov as Andrei Panov *

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* Yelena Tyapkina as Mariya *

Andrei Apsolon Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *And ...

as Gunner * Lyudmila Glazova * Pavel Geraga as Fedya * Andrey Martynov as Partisan * Ekaterina Sipavina as Pasha

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1943 films 1943 war films 1940s war drama films 1940s Soviet films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet World War II films Films directed by Aleksandr Stolper Films directed by Boris Ivanov {{1940s-USSR-film-stub