They Conquer the Skies (1963)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.615 |
Directed By
Tatyana Lioznova
Crew
Tatyana Lioznova
Leonid Agranovich
Anatoliy Agranovskiy
Valeri Ginzburg
Boris Dulenkov
Valentin Khlobynin
Andrey Eshpay
Kseniya Blinova
Lidiya Rodionova
Liliya Dushina
Anatoliy Agranovskiy
Aleksey Smirnov
TOP CAST
Nikolai Rybnikov
Kolchin
Vladimir Sedov
Sharov
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nina Kolchina
Evgeniy Evstigneev
main constructor
Oleg Zhakov
Basargin
Sergei Blinnikov
constructor
Georgiy Kulikov
constructor
Nikolay Pogodin
test-pilot
Sergey Bobrov
constructor
Pavel Tarasov
old constructor
Lev Zolotukhin
Gordeyev
Pyotr Shcherbakov
test-pilot
Vladimir Rautbart
constructor
Ivan Ryzhov
flight inspector
Lev Barashkov
test-pilot
Vadim Zakharchenko
drunk assembler
Yan Yanakiyev
constructor
Nikolai Barmin
engineer-constructor
Nikolay Grabbe
constructor
Isay Gurov
constructor
Boris Kordunov
constructor
Mariya Lvova
doctor
Klavdiya Lepanova
constructor
Manefa Sobolevskaya
secretary
Rudolf Pankov
pilot
Vladimir Smirnov
pilot
Yelena Rybnikova
Kolchin's daughter
Vladimir Prikhodko
pilot-major (uncredited)
Nikolai Romanov
doctor (uncredited)
Lev Lobov
pilot (uncredited)
Vladislav Kovalkov
pilot (uncredited)
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