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Litvyak

2026 · Film · 164 min

  • War
  • History

Plot

21-year-old Lidia Litvyak is a fighter pilot in an aviation regiment. Along with her comrades, she flies missions in the most intense sectors of the front, participating in fierce air battles and proving herself one of the most effective aces. In the regiment, she becomes involved with the pilot Alexei Solomatin. Combat victories, losses and personal torments do not change the heroine's strong character, which forever inscribes Lidia Litvyak's name in the history of aviation.

About Litvyak

Litvyak (Russian: Литвяк) is a 2026 Russian biographical war film directed, written, and produced by Andrey Shalopa about a Soviet fighter pilot named Litvyak, who became the most successful female pilot during World War II. It stars Polina Chernyshova, Pyotr Rykov, and Yevgeny Tkachuk. The soundtrack for the film was written by Mikhail Kostylev. The film was theatrically released in Russia on April 30, 2026, by Cinema Atmosphere.

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Cast

  • Polina ChernyshovaLidiya Litvyak
  • Evgeniy TkachukNikolai Baranov
  • Pyotr RykovSolomatin
  • Viktoriya SolovyovaBudanova
  • Ivan BrovinGorkhiver
  • Andrey NekrasovMaryanov
  • Andrey ZhilinTranslator
  • Nikita PetrosyanPilot 3
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