Firecrosser (2011)

Original title

Той, хто пройшов крізь вогонь

Directed by

Mykhailo Illienko

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Ukraine

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Ukrainian WWII pilot survives capture by both Nazis and Soviets. After the war he ends up in Canada and becomes the leader of an Iroquois tribe.

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What happens

Firecrosser (Ukrainian: «Той, хто пройшов крізь вогонь», romanized: Toi, khto proishov kriz' vogon') is a 2011 Ukrainian drama film directed by Mykhailo Illienko. The film was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. The prototype of the protagonist is a World War II ace pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Lieutenant Commander Ivan Datsenko, a unit commander of the 10th Guards Aviation Regiment of the 3rd Guards Aviation Division of the 3rd Guards Aviation Corps of Long-Range Aviation, a native of the village of Chernechiy Yar near Dykanka, who allegedly went to Canada after Nazi and Soviet captivity, where he became the leader of an Indian tribe that was part of the Iroquois Confederacy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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