
Why Does a Person Need Wings?
1985, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Shamshurin.
The balaguer and merrymaker Vasya the midwife, a favorite of the village, got his nickname because he often told a story of the war years, at which everyone laughed. One day, his former commander showed up in the village.
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- Russian
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- Released
- 29 April 1985
- Original title
- Зачем человеку крылья
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Anatoli Kudryavtsev
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Why Does a Person Need Wings? (1985) was directed by Vladimir Shamshurin and stars Lev Durov, Boris Novikov, Zinaida Dekhtyaryova.