A Battle for Survival (Russian: Лётчик, romanized: Lyotchik) is a 2021 Russian WWII film written and directed by Renat Davletyarov, based on the real events surrounding pilot Aleksey Maresyev during World War II (known in Russia as "The Great Patriotic War").

The film tells about the pilot Nikolai Komlev, who defeated a German tank column, but his plane was shot down.

Nikolai was able to land his plane in a forest clearing and suddenly realized that his problems were just beginning.

After it was closed due to another wave of the quarantine plague in Russia,[7] its release was postponed to 2 December 2021.

The premiere screening took place on 30 November at the "Karo 11 October" cinema center in Moscow.