They Conquer the Skies (Им покоряется небо) 60 years old

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.

Credits

They Conquer the Skies Cast

Name Character
Pyotr Shcherbakov He was 33, 62 years old when he died
Ivan Ryzhov He was 50, 91 years old when he died as инспектор полетов ("Да, изящный штопор!")
Nikolai Rybnikov He was 32, 59 years old when he died
Sergei Blinnikov He was 61, 68 years old when he died
Vladimir Sedov He was 34, 80 years old when he died
Svetlana Svetlichnaya She was 22, now 83 years old
Oleg Zhakov was 57, 83 years old when died
Vladimir Prikhodko He was 19, 67 years old when he died

They Conquer the Skies Crew

Name Department
Tatyana Lioznova as Director. She was 38 (87) years old when She died Directing
They Conquer the Skies poster
They Conquer the Skies (60 years)

  • Release day: Monday, August 26, 1963
  • Runtime: 97 minutes