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They Conquer the Skies

They Conquer the Skies

★ 8.5/10•1963•1h 37m•Drama

The end of the 1940s. Test pilot Aleksei Kolchin was commissioned for the first time to fly the first Soviet jet fighter. The tests are successful, but it is necessary to improve the aircraft. When performing a test flight, Kolchin dies, his last words are recorded on tape. Having studied them, Kolchin's friend Sergei Sharov makes a new attempt and completes the test of the aircraft.

Tatyana Lioznova · Director

Leonid Agranovich · Writer

Anatoliy Agranovskiy · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageRU
Release DateAug 26, 1963

Actors

Nikolai Rybnikov

Nikolai Rybnikov

Kolchin

Vladimir Sedov

Sharov

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Nina Kolchina

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Evstigneev

main constructor

Oleg Zhakov

Oleg Zhakov

Basargin

Sergei Blinnikov

Sergei Blinnikov

constructor

Georgiy Kulikov

Georgiy Kulikov

constructor

Nikolay Pogodin

Nikolay Pogodin

test-pilot

Sergey Bobrov

Sergey Bobrov

constructor

Pavel Tarasov

Pavel Tarasov

old constructor

Lev Zolotukhin

Lev Zolotukhin

Gordeyev

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

test-pilot

Vladimir Rautbart

Vladimir Rautbart

constructor

Ivan Ryzhov

Ivan Ryzhov

flight inspector

Lev Barashkov

test-pilot

Vadim Zakharchenko

Vadim Zakharchenko

drunk assembler

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