Nachthexen

Directed by Julie Herdichek Baltzer · Starring Liga Jensen, Bente Jepsen, Nataliia Kiriushina, August Lindemer · 2017

An elderly veteran remembers joining the Soviet Air Force's first all-female bomber squad, flying antique planes with her friend Katja and earning the Germans' fearful nickname.

A moving animated tribute to the real women pilots the enemy called the Night Witches.

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

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