The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
The daredevil pilot Sergei Belyaev takes a risk flying a plane which is not properly maintained and crashes dangerously, landing in hospital, his plane going up in smoke. The aviation student Galya Bystrova, having a crush with Belyaev, unfortunately tends to imitate him in the air. Later, heeding the advice of the wise headmaster Rogachev, they become experienced pilots. Bystrova is assigned to Pamir, and Rogachev, in love with her, is sent to Sakhalin.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Nikolai KryukovOriginal Music Composer
- Aleksandr MacheretWriter
- Yuli RaizmanDirector
Cast
- Boris ShchukinSchool Commander Nikolai Rogachev
- Yevgeniya MelnikovaStudent Galya Bystrova
- Ivan Koval-SamborskiyStudent Commander Sergei Belyaev
- Aleksandr ChistyakovIvan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
- Zoya FyodorovaNurse
- Nikolai KhryashchikovAppearing
- Varvara RyzhovaPakhomovna
- Grigori LevkoyevDoctor at airfield
- Maria KlyucharevaSanitary
- Ivan KobozevPilot Kobozev
- Vladimir LepkoHairdresser
Themes
pilot