Moscow Skies
Небо Москвы
Based on the play of the same name by Georgi Mdivani. In September 1941, lieutenant Ilya Streltsov, who graduated from the flight school, was assigned to the fighter aviation regiment guarding the sky of Moscow. He meets in part the nurse Zoya, with whom he grew up in the same yard and with whom he has long been in love. During the first training flight on the "Seagull", lieutenant Streltsov shot down a German plane and received the nickname "Lucky." Streltsov is jealous of the squadron commander to nurse Zoya, believes that he is finding fault with him. For a whole month he is not allowed to fly sorties. In October 1941, lieutenant Streltsov made his first sortie, he shot down one plane and rams the second. For this battle, he is awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Cast
Yevgeni Grigoryev
as pilot
Pyotr Aleynikov
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
Nina Mazayeva
as nurse Zoya
Ivan Kuznetsov
as senior lieutenant Shcherbina
Yevgeni Nemchenko
as senior lieutenant Solovyov
Anatoly Alekseev
as pilot
Nikolai Bogolyubov
as lieutenant colonel Balashov
Pyotr Sobolevsky
as captain Goncharov
Nikolai Shamin
as Streltsov's father
Crew
Manuel Bolshintsov
Writer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Music
Aleksandr Ptushko
Visual Effects Director
Georgy Turylyov
VFX Artist
Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya
VFX Artist
Giorgi Mdivani
Theatre Play
Tatyana Likhachyova
Editor
Mikhail Bleiman
Writer
Grigori Aleksandrov
Producer
Viktor Zorin
Sound Director
Yuri Shvets
VFX Artist
Yuli Raizman
Director
Yevgeni Andrikanis
Director of Photography