They Conquer the Skies

They Conquer the Skies
They Conquer the Skies
	Russian: Им покоряется небо
Directed by	Tatyana Lioznova
Written by	Leonid Agranovich; Anatoly Agranovsky;
Starring	Nikolai Rybnikov; Vladimir Sedov; Svetlana Svetlichnaya; Yevgeny Yevstigneev; Oleg Zhakov;
Cinematography	Valeri Ginzburg
Edited by	Ksenia Blinova; Lidiya Rodionova
Music by	Andrei Eshpai
Production; company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	August 26, 1963;
Running time	80 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

They Conquer the Skies (Russian: Им покоряется небо, romanized: Im pokoryaetsya nebo) is a 1963 Soviet drama film directed by Tatyana Lioznova.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film tells about a pilot named Alexei Kolchin, who had the honor of being the first to launch a jet plane and test him. The first launch was excellent, but during the modernization of the aircraft, the engine exploded, causing Alexei to die. His friend Sergey Sharov, based on the recommendations of Alexei, makes the second launch...^[3]

Cast

Nikolai Rybnikov as Kolchin
Vladimir Sedov as Sharov
Svetlana Svetlichnaya^[4] as Nina Kolchina
Yevgeny Yevstigneev as Main designer
Oleg Zhakov as Basargin
Lev Barashkov as undisciplined pilot
Sergei Blinnikov as constructor
Georgi Kulikov as Vitaly Ilyich^[5]
Pyotr Shcherbakov as test pilot Pyotr Sushkov
Ivan Ryzhov as flight inspector

References

External links

They Conquer the Skies at IMDb

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[1] Девять мгновений Татьяны Лиозновой

[2] «К бриллиантам равнодушна». Светлана Светличная о счастье в кино и в жизни

[3] Им покоряется небо. КиноПоиск

[4] "Не виноватая я...Он сам пришел": Светлане Светличной исполнилось 79 лет

[5] They Conquer the Skies (1963) Full Cast // Crew

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