''The Flight'' (russian: Бег,

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''Beg'') is a 1970 Soviet historical

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, mainly based on writer Mikhail Bulgakov's play ''

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'', but also on his novel ''

The White Guard ''The White Guard'' (russian: links=no, Белая гвардия) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published in 1925 in literary journal ''Rossiya''. It was not reprinted in the Soviet Union until 1966. Background ''The White Guard'' fir ...

'' and his libretto ''Black Sea''. It is written and directed by Aleksandr Alov and

Vladimir Naumov Vladimir Naumovich Naumov (russian: Влади́мир Нау́мович Нау́мов; 6 December 1927 – 29 November 2021) was a Russian film director and writer. Naumov was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1983. He was a schoolmate o ...

and is the story about a group of

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refugees from the

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, eking out an existence in

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and

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in the 1920s.IMDb: Plot summary for "Beg"
Retrieved 26 September 2011 It was entered into the

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Cast

Lyudmila Savelyeva Ludmila Mikhailovna Savelyeva (russian: Людмила Михайловна Савельева; born January 24, 1942, in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She achieved lasting fame in the role of Natasha Rostova in the 1 ...

as Serafima Vladimirovna Korzukhina * Aleksey Batalov as Sergei Pavlovich Golubkov *

Mikhail Ulyanov Mikhail Ulyanov may refer to: * Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov, actor * Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov, diplomat {{disambig ...

as General Charnota * Tatyana Tkach as Lyuska *

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Vladislav Vatslavovich Dvorzhetsky (russian: Владислав Вацлавович Дворжецкий, 26 April 1939 – 28 May 1978) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in eighteen films between 1970 and 1978. Dvorzhetsky was born in ...

as General Khludov *

Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the ...

as Korzukhin * Vladimir Zamansky as Baev * Nikolay Olyalin as Krapilin * Bruno Freindlich as General Vrangel *

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (russian: link=no, Владимир Павлович Басов; 28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1983). Biography Vladimir Basov was ...

as Artur Arturovich, the Cockroach Tsar * Tamara Loginova as Lichiko *

Oleg Yefremov Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Ефре́мов, 1 October 1927, Moscow, Soviet Union – 24 May 2000, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Art ...

as Colonel * Vladimir Osenev as Tikhiy *

Gotlib Roninson Gotlib Mikhailovich Roninson (russian: Готлиб Михайлович Ронинсон; 12 February 1916 — 25 December 1991) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1953 to 1991. Filmography References External ...

as Voluptuous Greek

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