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.
Top Billed Cast
Nikolai Rybnikov
Kolchin
Vladimir Sedov
Sharov
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nina Kolchina
Evgeniy Evstigneev
main constructor
Oleg Zhakov
Basargin
Featured Crew
Tatyana Lioznova
Director
Anatoliy Agranovskiy
Writer
Andrey Eshpay
Original Music Composer
Leonid Agranovich
Writer
Lidiya Rodionova
Editor
Liliya Dushina
Costume Design
Boris Dulenkov
Production Design
Valentin Khlobynin
Sound
Kseniya Blinova
Editor
Anatoliy Agranovskiy
Novel
Valeriy Ginzburg
Director of Photography
Aleksey Smirnov
Makeup Artist
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