October 30th 2010 PRONTO FILM together with Film UA (Ukraine) and “Shpil” Studio (Russia) completed the production of 8 series TV movie “Ballad about the Bomber”.
The movie is dedicated to the memory of the Second World War and will be broadcasted on the First National Channel (Russia) on the 9th of May 2011. The synopsis is based on the true story. The scriptwriter Arkadiy Tigray opens to the viewer an unexpected side of the German soldiers, the succession of coincidences and the tangle of human fortunes. The main hero is Andrei, the captain of bomber. Right before his 100th battle flight he meets his love – Katya, the telegraphist who’s mission is to resume the connection with the partisan underground resistance in the enemy’s home front. The two loving hearts have lost each other at the beginning of the Second World War and now reunite to face some fateful events called to make their love stronger. The role of Andrei Grivtsov is played by Nikita Efremov (“Lady Passanger”, “Sateless”, “The most Beautiful”). The role of Katya is played by Ekaterina Astahova (“Russian Chocolate”, “Institute For Noble Maidens”, “Kings Of The Game”). Also starring Nina Usatova, Vladimir Iliin, Victoria Tolstoganova, Egor Barinov, Boris Kamorzin and others.
During the prep period the actors took several courses of military science and flying practise. Specially for this project PRONTO FILM made a construction of TU2 warplane in its original size.
The producers are Victor Mirskii, Maxim Uhanov, executive producer – Maxim Asadchyy, line producer – Sergei Lysyanyi).