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FIREBIRD

By Peeter REBANE

RIALTO DISTRIBUTION (NZ) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, NEW ZEALAND

Drama - Completed 2021

Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Drama, Biography, Romance
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM, ESTONIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 107 mn
- Director(s)
- Peeter REBANE
- Writer(s)
- Peeter REBANE, Tom PRIOR, Sergey FETISOV
- Cast
- Tom PRIOR, Oleg ZAGORODNII, Diana POZHARSKAYA, Jake HENDERSON , Margus PRANGEL, Nicholas WOODESON , Ester KUNTU
- Producer(s)
- Peeter REBANE , Tom PRIOR, Brigita ROZENBRIKA
- Synopsis
- Based on a true story during the Cold War, Firebird is a passionate love story set against the backdrop of a Soviet Air Force base during late 1970's Communist rule. Sergey (Tom Prior), a soulful, young soldier who dreams of becoming an actor in Moscow, is counting the days until his military service ends. His life turned upside down when he locks eyes with Roman (Oleg Zagorodnii), a sexy, enigmatic ace fighter pilot newly assigned to his base. Driven by their undeniable attraction, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship at a time when Soviet men in uniform caught having a sexual affair was met with the severest punishment. As their friendship grows into love, the men risk their freedom and their lives to be together in the face of an all-seeing Soviet regime.