V2. Escape from Hell (2021)

Original title

Девятаев

Directed by

Sergey Trofimov, Timur Bekmambetov

Genre

drama film, action film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 38m

Rated

12+

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet pilot is shot down and captured during World War II. He is sent to a heavily guarded prison where prisoners are forced to build V-2 rockets. He plans and executes a daring escape.

tensesuspensefulinspirationalintensepatrioticharrowingdramaticvisceral

What happens

V2. Escape from Hell (Russian: Девятаев, romanized: Devyatayev) is a 2021 Russian prison action thriller war biopic film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. The film stars Thure Riefenstein, Pavel Priluchny, Pavel Chinarev and Darya Zlatopolskaya. Based on a true story, portions of Soviet Mikhail Devyatayev's autobiography form the basis of a World War II film produced by Bazelevs Company. The film is the first large-scale vertical format film featuring dynamic aerial combat. Mikhail Devyatayev enrolled at the Soviet Air Forces to fight in the Great Patriotic War. In July 1944, while on a sortie for the 1st Ukrainian Front, his plane was shot down and he was captured by the Wehrmacht. In the most difficult conditions, Devyatayev managed to develop and implement an escape plan from Hitler's heavily guarded Usedom prison, which used prisoners to build the V-2 rocket. The film had a wide release on 29 April 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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