They Conquer the Skies (1963)
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.
Cast
Nikolai Rybnikov
Kolchin
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
Vadim Zakharchenko
drunk assembler
Yan Yanakiyev
constructor
Nikolai Barmin
engineer-constructor
Nikolay Grabbe
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