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They Conquer the Skies (1963)

7 | Aug 26, 1963 (SU) | Drama | 01:37

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.

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Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nina Kolchina
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Evgeniy Evstigneev
main constructor
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Oleg Zhakov
Basargin
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Sergei Blinnikov
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Georgiy Kulikov
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Nikolay Pogodin
test-pilot
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Sergey Bobrov
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Pavel Tarasov
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