Underplayed Gems

Taxi to Heaven (1943)

Taxi to Heaven poster
Original title
Воздушный извозчик
Directed by
Herbert Rappaport
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely pilot falls in love with a famous singer. Her parents oppose their marriage. World War Two separates the couple while they try to stay together.

lightheartedromanticoptimisticupbeatmusicalwar-tingedwhimsical

What happens

The Aerial Cabman (Russian: Воздушный извозчик, romanized: Vozdushny izvozchik) is a 1943 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Gerbert Rappaport. A lonely pilot Baranov falls in love with a high-profile singer Natasha Kulikova, whose parents are categorically against the engagement, but young people are convinced that they will be happy together. But the war divides them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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