Soviet-era sports drama where falling in love is riskier than falling from the sky.
At the flying club Zina met a cameraman aerial filming Sergey Leninym, very seriously engaged in parachuting and after a while in international competitions has become one of the contenders for the gold medal. But soon fell into the gorge, the helicopter in which there was Sergey. And then Zina firmly decided to leave the sport…
Practical Effects
Genuine aerial stunts, no green screen nonsense.
Cinematography
Breathtaking skydiving footage that still holds up.
Director
Yuri Ivanchuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics boycott, reflecting Soviet fixation on athletic supremacy as proxy for national pride.
Lead Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae was an actual athlete before acting; her physicality in aerial scenes is all her.
SU
