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V2. Escape from Hell (2021)

V2. Escape from Hell poster
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
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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.

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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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