
They Conquer the Skies
Им покоряется небо
Release: 1963-08-26·Runtime: 97m·★ 8.5
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Gorky Film Studios
Cast
Nikolai Rybnikovas Kolchin
Boris Kordunovas constructor
Sergei Blinnikovas constructor
Nikolay Pogodinas test-pilot
Pavel Tarasovas old constructor
Vadim Zakharchenkoas drunk assembler
Sergey Bobrovas constructor
Yan Yanakiyevas constructor
Evgeniy Evstigneevas main constructor
Georgiy Kulikovas constructor
Vladimir Rautbartas constructor
Manefa Sobolevskayaas secretary
Pyotr Shcherbakovas test-pilot
Nikolay Grabbeas constructor
Vladislav Kovalkovas pilot (uncredited)
Oleg Zhakovas Basargin
Lev Zolotukhinas Gordeyev
Rudolf Pankovas pilot
Nikolai Romanovas doctor (uncredited)
Svetlana Svetlichnayaas Nina Kolchina
Ivan Ryzhovas flight inspector
Nikolai Barminas engineer-constructor
Vladimir Smirnovas pilot
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