Because I Love (1974)
Fighter pilot Nikolai Muravyov is experiencing a personal drama: his wife and son left for the mainland - they are tired of life beyond the Arctic Circle. Colonel Belyy, thinking that his wife will return to her husband if he serves on the mainland, sends Nikolai on a business trip. In the new unit, Muravyov meets his fellow student Yevgeni Shelest. Friends have to fly in pairs.
Director: Igor Dobrolyubov
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Gennadi Korolkov as Muravyov |
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Vasiliy Bochkaryov as Shelest |
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Valentina Telichkina as Lena |
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Natalya Gvozdikova as Vera |
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Natalya Velichko as Katya |
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Aleksandra Klimova as Irina Nikolayevna Belaya |
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Nikolai Rybnikov as Roman Ignatyevich Belyy |
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Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Zhuk |
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Aleksandr Bespalyy as Sasha |
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Boris Borisenok as Colonel |
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Rostislav Shmyryov as Flight Director |
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Vladimir Gritsevskiy as Dispatcher |
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Vladimir Sichkar as Pilot |
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Nina Rozantsevа as Galya |
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Shavkat Gaziyev as Volodya Tairov |
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Leonid Belozorovich as Pilot |
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Pyotr Yurchenkov Sr. as Lieutenant Morozov |
| Directing | Igor Dobrolyubov | Director |
| Writing | Vadim Trunin | Writer |
| Camera | Grigory Masalsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Belousov | Production Design |
| Writing | Arkadi Pinchuk | Writer |
| Sound | Yan Frenkel | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vasily Dyomkin | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Nemov | Makeup & Hair |