They Conquer the Skies

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.

Directed by Tatyana Lioznova

Top cast

Nikolai Rybnikov

Kolchin

V

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

L

Lev Barashkov

test-pilot

Vadim Zakharchenko

drunk assembler

Yan Yanakiyev

constructor

Nikolai Barmin

engineer-constructor

Nikolay Grabbe

constructor

I

Isay Gurov

constructor

Details