They Conquer the Skies
1963, Russian. Directed by Tatyana Lioznova.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Tatyana LioznovaDirector
- 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
Details
- Released
- 26 August 1963
- Original title
- Им покоряется небо
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Anatoliy Agranovskiy, Leonid Agranovich
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They Conquer the Skies runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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They Conquer the Skies isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 August 1963. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed They Conquer the Skies?
They Conquer the Skies (1963) was directed by Tatyana Lioznova and stars Nikolai Rybnikov, Vladimir Sedov, Svetlana Svetlichnaya.