NIGHT WITCHES

Feature · Historical · 118 pages
Status: Optioned
A passionate astronomy student finds her destiny upended when when Nazi’s bomb her university and instead she turns her knowledge of the night sky against her enemy by becoming a navigator for an all female regiment of combat pilots.
Written by Emily Harris

1 Writer

London, GB
Emily's work includes feature film CARMILLA, starring Jessica Raine and Tobias Menzies, was nominated for the MICHAEL POWELL AWARD for BEST BRITISH FEATURE and was nominated for the Gold Hugo Award at Chicago Film Festival. Her previous feature films include LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER, starring Johnny Flynn and Juliet Stevenson, won BEST DIRECTOR in...
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NIGHT WITCHES is the true story of the legendary women who became the most feared and dangerous combat pilots of World War II. In a mix of courage, camaraderie, defiance, and ingenuity, they change the course of WWII for all the Allies and become the most decorated aviation unit in history. Yet when they land, they are just women again. And their story remains untold.