They Conquer the Skies

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.

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Cast

Nikolai Rybnikov

Kolchin

Vladimir Sedov

Sharov

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