One,of,the,most,important,examples,of,the,post-1956,thaw-period,in,Soviet,cinema,,the,film,is,in,three,parts.,The,first,is,the,swooning,romance,of,Sasha,and,pilot,Aleksei,,who,scrupulously,determines,that,Sasha,has,graduated,school,before,succumbing,to,her,aggressive,pursuit,of,him.,Chukhrai,establishes,a,strenuous,camera,style,,consisting,of,swooping,movement,punctuated,by,tight,closeups,,which,he,carries,over,to,the,second,part,,the,couple’s,wartime,separation.,(The,couple,by,fiat,consider,themselves,married—a,nice,anti-bureaucratic,touch.),One,passage,,where,Sasha,hopes,to,catch,a,glimpse,of,her,father,in,a,troop,train,passing,through,,is,visually,hysterical,due,to,this,“style.”,Word,arrives,that,Aleksei’s,plane,has,been,shot,down;,the,nation,proclaims,him,a,dead,hero.,Sasha,bears,Aleksei’s,son,and,still,hopes,her,beloved,will,return.,The,war,ends,,and,he,does.,Part,Three,is,narratively,elliptical,and,,visually,,mostly,subdued—a,different,style;,a,different,film,,given,the,narrative,through-line.,Stripped,of,his,“posthumous”,medal,,as,well,as,his,Communist,Party,membership,,Aleksei,turns,to,drink;,his,crime,is,that,he,survived,,from,which,cowardice,or,even,collaboration,with,the,enemy,can,be,deduced.,(Apparently,Aleksei,was,unconscious,when,he,was,caught,and,imprisoned,by,Germans.),Aleksei,keeps,petitioning,for,Party,reinstatement,,but,after,confronting,a,statue,of,Stalin,even,he,loses,confidence,in,his,cause!,Stalin,dies,,and,everything,is,set,right.,Aleksei,looks,on,with,pride,as,the,son,who,disdained,him,lands,a,plane,from,the,now,clear,sky!The,film,was,produced,during,the,short,period,in,the,Khrushchev,administration,when,criticism,of,the,abuse,of,power,under,Stalin‘s,leadership,was,accepted;,within,three,years,,Brezhnev,had,risen,to,power,and,this,sort,of,commentary,would,once,again,be,forbidden.Действие,происходит,в,СССР,в,1950-е,годы.Лётчик,Алексей,Астахов,воевал,и,попал,в,плен,,потом,бежал.,В,мирное,время,Алексей,столкнулся,с,недоверием,и,подозрительностью,-,как,военнослужащий,,побывавший,в,плену,и,тем,самым,\"запятнавший,моральный,облик,советского,летчика\".,Алексей,страдает,,не,может,найти,работу,по,профессии,и,место,в,жизни.,Его,спасает,любовь,Саши,Львовой,,которую,она,пронесла,через,войну,и,все,трудности,послевоенного,времени.,После,смерти,Сталина,Астахова,вызывают,в,Минобороны,,где,возвращают,звезду,Героя,Советского,Союза.,Алексей,возвращается,в,авиаотряд,и,испытывает,самолеты.
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