They Conquer the Skies

1h 37min

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.

Cast

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
Ivan Ryzhov

Ivan Ryzhov

flight inspector
Lev Barashkov

Lev Barashkov

test-pilot
Vadim Zakharchenko

Vadim Zakharchenko

drunk assembler
Yan Yanakiyev

Yan Yanakiyev

constructor
Nikolai Barmin

Nikolai Barmin

engineer-constructor
Nikolay Grabbe

Nikolay Grabbe

constructor
Isay Gurov

Isay Gurov

constructor
Boris Kordunov

Boris Kordunov

constructor
Yelena Rybnikova

Yelena Rybnikova

Kolchin's daughter
Vladimir Prikhodko

Vladimir Prikhodko

pilot-major (uncredited)
Nikolai Romanov

Nikolai Romanov

doctor (uncredited)
Lev Lobov

Lev Lobov

pilot (uncredited)
Vladislav Kovalkov

Vladislav Kovalkov

pilot (uncredited)

Release date

26th Aug 1963

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский