Night Witches (2017)

8m
Running Time

February 19, 2017
Release Date

Night Witches (2017)

8m
Running Time

February 19, 2017
Release Date

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Plot.

An elderly, soft-spoken veteran recalls when she joined the Soviet Air Force’s first all-female bombing squad. She reminisces about her friend Katja, and how they made the best of their antique equipment, struggled with being ostracised from their male comrades, and earned the fearful German nickname 'Nachthexen'.

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Cast & Crew.

Bente Jepsen

Bente Jepsen

Veteran

Yasha Habibipour

Yasha Habibipour

Production Manager / Background Designer / Technical Supervisor

Nataliia Kiriushina

Nataliia Kiriushina

Actress

Shilo Duffy

Shilo Duffy

Director of Photography

Julie Herdichek Baltzer

Julie Herdichek Baltzer

Director

Hans Frederik Jacobsen

Hans Frederik Jacobsen

Writer

Thomas Richard Christensen

Thomas Richard Christensen

Composer

Details.

Release Date
February 19, 2017

Original Name
Nachthexen

Status
Released

Running Time
8m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

world war ii
female soldier
russian army

Wiki.

"Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnyye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces. Though women were officially barred from combat at the time, Major Marina Raskova used her position and personal contacts with the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to obtain permission to form female combat units. "Combat facilitated and ushered in a reluctant acceptance of women in military, based more upon practicality and necessity than for equality". On October 8, 1941, an order was issued to deploy three women's air-force units, including the 588th Regiment. The regiment, formed by Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, was composed primarily of female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties.An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their presence. German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and hence named the pilots "Night Witches". Due to the weight of the bombs and the low altitude of flight, the pilots did not carry parachutes until 1944.When the regiment was deployed on the front line in June 1942, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment became part of the 4th Air Army of the Southern Front. In February 1943 the regiment was honored with the Guards designation and reorganized as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front; in October 1943 it became the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, "Taman" referring to the unit's involvement in the Novorossiysk-Taman operations on the Taman Peninsula during 1943.

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