Flight 222 (film)

Flight 222
(Рейс 222)
Directed by Sergei Mikaelyan
Written by Sergei Mikaelyan
Starring Larisa Polyakova
Nikolai Kochnev
Aleksandr Kolesnikov
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
 130 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Flight 222 (Russian: Рейс 222, translit. Reis 222) is a 1985 drama film [1] broadly based about the incidents during the defection of Alexander Godunov.[2][3] It was directed by Sergei Mikaelyan and produced by Lenfilm.

Plot

The film is set in New York, based on the incident during defection of Alexander Godunov. Irina (Larisa Polyakova) a part of a Soviet ice dancing tour on a visit to New York along with her husband. When Soviet authorities hear about her husband's defection, they put her on a plane to Moscow. However, U.S. Immigration Service stop the flight insisting that she is being taken out of USA against her will. Irina’s plane to Moscow awaits permission for take-off until a meeting is arranged with her husband at the airport.

References

  1. ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/121045/Reis-222/overview
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/06/world/soviet-press-is-publicizing-defector-s-return-to-fold.html
  3. ↑ http://rt.com/art-and-culture/runaway-bolshoi-dancer-film-250/

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