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.
Cast
Nikolai Rybnikov
Kolchin
Vladimir Sedov
Sharov
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nina Kolchina
Evgeniy Evstigneev
main constructor
Oleg Zhakov
Basargin
Sergei Blinnikov
constructor
Georgiy Kulikov
constructor
Nikolay Pogodin
test-pilot
Sergey Bobrov
constructor
Pavel Tarasov
old constructor
Lev Zolotukhin
Gordeyev
Pyotr Shcherbakov
test-pilot
Vladimir Rautbart
constructor
Ivan Ryzhov
flight inspector
Lev Barashkov
test-pilot
Vadim Zakharchenko
drunk assembler
Yan Yanakiyev
constructor
Nikolai Barmin
engineer-constructor
Nikolay Grabbe
constructor
Isay Gurov
constructor
Boris Kordunov
constructor
Mariya Lvova
doctor
Klavdiya Lepanova
constructor
Manefa Sobolevskaya
secretary
Rudolf Pankov
pilot
Vladimir Smirnov
pilot
Yelena Rybnikova
Kolchin's daughter
Vladimir Prikhodko
pilot-major (uncredited)
Nikolai Romanov
doctor (uncredited)
Lev Lobov
pilot (uncredited)
Vladislav Kovalkov
pilot (uncredited)
Crew
Tatyana Lioznova
Director
Leonid Agranovich
Writer
Anatoliy Agranovskiy
Writer, Novel
Valeriya Pogozheva
Script Editor
Kseniya Blinova
Editor
Lidiya Rodionova
Editor
Valeriy Ginzburg
Director of Photography
B. Kanevskiy
Assistant Director
Vladimir Maron
Executive Producer
Boris Dulenkov
Production Design
Vadim Kornilyev
Aerial Camera
A. Petrov
Aerial Camera
Konstantin Alekseyev
Visual Effects Camera
Liliya Dushina
Costume Design
Aleksei Smirnov
Makeup Artist
Valentin Khlobynin
Sound Director
Vladimir Nikitchenko
VFX Artist
Andrey Eshpay
Original Music Composer
Boris Kuzovkin
Set Decoration
Ye. Timoshkin
Military Consultant
A. Kochetkov
Military Consultant
L. Kuvshinov
Military Consultant
Grigoriy Bakhchivandzhi
In Memory Of
I. Kravtsov
Pilot
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
Recommendations
view all
The Safety of Objects
The Trials of Cate McCall
Bastard Out of Carolina
Iron Jawed Angels
Return
Love & Sex
Sky
Lucky Them
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Mermaid
A Dry White Season
Walking and Talking
Starving in Suburbia
Origin
My Brilliant Career
The Girl in the Book
About Love
Hellion
Mr. Morgan's Last Love