Night Witches

Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.

Cast

Valentina Grushina

as Squadron Commander Ksana Zakharchenko

Yana Druz

as Galya Polikarpova

Nina Menshikova

as Mariya Ivanovna

Valeriya Zaklunnaya

as Guard Major Dusya Boguslavskaya

Tatyana Chernopyatova

as Julia Nesterova

Elena Astafeva

as Katya Maksimova

Aleksandra Sviridova

as Tonya Zhukova

Sergey Martynov

as Kostya Lazarev

Dodo Chogovadze

as Sofico

Stanislav Korenev

as Major General of Aviation

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