17 minutes. All-female pilots. Zero CGI. Just pure theatrical chaos and Soviet determination.
The story of the making of "The Night Witches: the amazing true story of how Russian woman pilots helped win World War II" at UNW Theatre.
Production
Student theatre becomes war machine on zero budget.
Acting
Cast plays pilots AND plays actors playing pilots — meta exhaustion.
Director
Krister Kahl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Night Witches flew crop-dusting biplanes against German bombers; their planes were so slow they could outmaneuver faster enemy aircraft by cutting throttle and gliding silently.
This documentary premiered at a university theatre program explicitly reviving 'documentary theatre' traditions — think 'The Laramie Project' but with more propeller grease and academic credit requirements.
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