
Burning Blue(2014)
Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.


“Risk everything, trust no one”
At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

Tom Prior
Sergey

Oleg Zagorodnii
Roman

Diana Pozharskaya
Luisa

Jake Henderson
Volodja

Margus Prangel
Major Zverev

Nicholas Woodeson
Polkovnik Kuznetsov

Ester Kuntu
Masha

Kaspar Velberg
Pilot Selenov

Sergei Lavrentyev
Drama Professor

Rasmus Kaljujärv
Pilot
Firebird is a drama, romance, war film released in 2021 exploring themes of cold war, 1970s, lgbt, lgbt in the military, gay theme, boys' love (bl). Directed by Peeter Rebane, it stars Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya. At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
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