They Conquer the Skies

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.

• Tatyana LioznovaDirector
• Leonid AgranovichWriter
• Anatoliy AgranovskiyWriter
• Andrey EshpayOriginal Music Composer

• Nikolai RybnikovKolchin
• Vladimir SedovSharov
• Svetlana SvetlichnayaNina Kolchina
• Evgeniy Evstigneevmain constructor
• Oleg ZhakovBasargin
• Sergei Blinnikovconstructor
• Georgiy Kulikovconstructor
• Nikolay Pogodintest-pilot
• Sergey Bobrovconstructor
• Pavel Tarasovold constructor
• Lev ZolotukhinGordeyev
• Pyotr Shcherbakovtest-pilot