They Conquer the Skies

1963

1h 37m

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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.

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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
Sergey Bobrov
constructor
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Pavel Tarasov
old constructor
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Ivan Ryzhov
flight inspector
Lev Barashkov
test-pilot
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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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Release date

August 26, 1963 (United States)

Country of origin

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

Production company

Gorky Film Studios

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