Moscow Skies (1944)
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.
Director: Yuli Raizman
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Pyotr Aleynikov as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov |
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Nina Mazayeva as nurse Zoya |
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Nikolai Bogolyubov as lieutenant colonel Balashov |
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Pyotr Sobolevsky as captain Goncharov |
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Ivan Kuznetsov as senior lieutenant Shcherbina |
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Yevgeni Nemchenko as senior lieutenant Solovyov |
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Nikolai Shamin as Streltsov's father |
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Aleksandra Salnikova as mother |
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Yelizaveta Shumskaya as Natasha |
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Fyodor Fedotov as Rakitin |
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Anatoly Alekseev as pilot |
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Yevgeni Grigoryev as pilot |
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Nikolai Stepanov as pilot |
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Fyodor Ivanov as Pilot |
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Nikolay Yakhontov as Lieutenant Alekseev (uncredited) |
| Directing | Yuli Raizman | Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Aretskiy | Visual Effects Camera |
| Writing | Giorgi Mdivani | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Mikhail Bleiman | Writer |
| Writing | Manuel Bolshintsov | Writer |
| Camera | Yevgeni Andrikanis | Director of Photography |
| Art | Nikolai Suvorov | Production Design |
| Art | Arnold Vaysfeld | Production Design |
| Sound | Boris Volsky | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tatyana Likhachyova | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Nikolai Renkov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Production | Grigori Aleksandrov | Producer |
| Directing | Grigori Levkoyev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Mikhail Aranyshev | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Music |
| Sound | Viktor Zorin | Sound Director |
| Directing | E. Khakhanova | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Surkova | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Ptushko | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Nikolai Renkov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Boris Aretskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Razumov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Shvets | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Fedor Krasniy | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Semyonov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Georgy Turylyov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Ryashentseva | VFX Artist |
| Production | Mikhail Levin | Executive Producer |
| Crew | A. Mitenkov | Military Consultant |
