Wings Above Berlin (2022): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2022, Wings Above Berlin is a romance and history film directed by Konstantin Buslov, running about 120 minutes.

What it’s about. The year is 1941. Nazi Germany has declared war on the USSR and begins launching air assaults on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Stalin immediately orders a retaliatory air campaign under the code name “Wings over Berlin.” The closest entry point to Berlin from the USSR border was an airfield on the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It would be a 7-hour flight over enemy territory in outdated aircraft leaving no chance of survival for the tail crew members in case of attack. Despite overwhelming odds, the first units completed the mission and made it back to base safely, unlike many others that followed.

Who’s in it. Wings Above Berlin stars Sergey Puskepalis, Maksim Bityukov, Gela Meskhi and Alexandr Metelkin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.8/10, Wings Above Berlin has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Wings Above Berlin page.

If you liked it. Fans of Wings Above Berlin tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Your Name., Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Cinema Paradiso.