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They Conquer the Skies (1963)
Directed by Tatyana Lioznova
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.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Nikolai Rybnikov | Vladimir Sedov | Svetlana Svetlichnaya | Evgeniy Evstigneev | Oleg Zhakov | Sergei Blinnikov | Georgiy Kulikov | Nikolay Pogodin | Sergey Bobrov | Pavel Tarasov | Lev Zolotukhin | Pyotr Shcherbakov | Vladimir Rautbart | Ivan Ryzhov | Lev Barashkov | Vadim Zakharchenko | Yan Yanakiyev | Nikolai Barmin | Nikolay Grabbe | Isay Gurov | Boris Kordunov | Mariya Lvova | Klavdiya Lepanova | Manefa Sobolevskaya | Rudolf Pankov | Vladimir Smirnov | Yelena Rybnikova | Vladimir Prikhodko | Nikolai Romanov | Lev Lobov | Vladislav Kovalkov