Seven Arts Entertainment Inc.,an independent motion picture company

The White Lily

SYNOPSIS

It was 1941, and Stalin’s Air Force had been decimated by the overwhelming power of Hitler’s Luftwaffe. The Soviet mood was dark, but soon able-bodied youths bravely stepped forward and volunteered by the thousands to replace the lost airmen. Among them was 20 year old Lidia Litvyak. Described as “strikingly beautiful and stylish”, Lidia projected an image that was more movie star than fierce combat pilot. Yet, despite her femininity, Lidia was a courageous and impetuous daredevil and a passionate warrior. She would come to be known as the world’s most famous female fighter ace and one of the greatest aviators of World War II. Recruited to the all-female 586th Fighter Regiment, Lily very soon impressed her hard nosed superior officers with her raw courage and expert mastery of her Yak-1 fighter plane. After the elite 73rd GIAP, an all male unit, suffered massive losses young Lily was sent to serve as wingman for ace fighter pilot, Alexei Solomatin. Quickly silencing prejudice, Lily downed her first of many enemy fighters within days of joining. It didn’t take long before the legendary duo were terrifying German pilots, destroying endless enemy planes and scoring multiple “kills”. They soon discovered another electrifying passion to share; they fell in love. A full-fledged, edge-of-your-seat action film of epic proportions and nail-biting suspense, The White Lily is a real life story; WWII, seen through the eyes of Russia’s top female fighter ace and her heroic lover, Alexei.