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They Conquer the Skies

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.

1963 |1h 37m |  Drama

Cast

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Nikolai Rybnikov

Kolchin

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Vladimir Sedov

Sharov

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Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Nina Kolchina

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Evgeniy Evstigneev

main constructor

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Oleg Zhakov

Basargin

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Sergei Blinnikov

constructor

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Georgiy Kulikov

constructor

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Nikolay Pogodin

test-pilot

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Pavel Tarasov

old constructor

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Lev Zolotukhin

Gordeyev

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Pyotr Shcherbakov

test-pilot

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Vladimir Rautbart

constructor

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Ivan Ryzhov

flight inspector

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Vadim Zakharchenko

drunk assembler

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Yan Yanakiyev

constructor

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Nikolai Barmin

engineer-constructor

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Nikolay Grabbe

constructor

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Boris Kordunov

constructor

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Mariya Lvova

doctor

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Manefa Sobolevskaya

secretary

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Rudolf Pankov

pilot

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Vladimir Smirnov

pilot

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Vladimir Prikhodko

pilot-major (uncredited)

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Nikolai Romanov

doctor (uncredited)

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Lev Lobov

pilot (uncredited)

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Vladislav Kovalkov

pilot (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Russian

Budget

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