They Conquer the Skies (1963)
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.
Director: Tatyana Lioznova
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Nikolai Rybnikov as Kolchin |
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Vladimir Sedov as Sharov |
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Svetlana Svetlichnaya as Nina Kolchina |
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Evgeniy Evstigneev as main constructor |
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Oleg Zhakov as Basargin |
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Sergei Blinnikov as constructor |
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Georgiy Kulikov as constructor |
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Nikolay Pogodin as test-pilot |
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Sergey Bobrov as constructor |
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Pavel Tarasov as old constructor |
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Lev Zolotukhin as Gordeyev |
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Pyotr Shcherbakov as test-pilot |
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Vladimir Rautbart as constructor |
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Ivan Ryzhov as flight inspector |
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Lev Barashkov as test-pilot |
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Vadim Zakharchenko as drunk assembler |
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Yan Yanakiyev as constructor |
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Nikolai Barmin as engineer-constructor |
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Nikolay Grabbe as constructor |
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Isay Gurov as constructor |
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Boris Kordunov as constructor |
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Mariya Lvova as doctor |
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Klavdiya Lepanova as constructor |
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Manefa Sobolevskaya as secretary |
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Rudolf Pankov as pilot |
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Vladimir Smirnov as pilot |
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Yelena Rybnikova as Kolchin's daughter |
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Vladimir Prikhodko as pilot-major (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Romanov as doctor (uncredited) |
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Lev Lobov as pilot (uncredited) |
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Vladislav Kovalkov as pilot (uncredited) |
| Directing | Tatyana Lioznova | Director |
| Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Writer |
| Sound | Andrey Eshpay | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leonid Agranovich | Writer |
| Editing | Lidiya Rodionova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liliya Dushina | Costume Design |
| Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
| Editing | Kseniya Blinova | Editor |
| Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Novel |
| Camera | Valeriy Ginzburg | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Smirnov | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Grigoriy Bakhchivandzhi | In Memory Of |
| Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound Director |
| Directing | B. Kanevskiy | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Valeriya Pogozheva | Script Editor |
| Art | Boris Kuzovkin | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Alekseyev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Nikitchenko | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Vadim Kornilyev | Aerial Camera |
| Camera | A. Petrov | Aerial Camera |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Crew | Ye. Timoshkin | Military Consultant |
| Crew | A. Kochetkov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | L. Kuvshinov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | I. Kravtsov | Pilot |
| Production | Vladimir Maron | Executive Producer |
