They Conquer the Skies
6.7
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.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
31 people
Nikolai Rybnikov
Kolchin
Known for
The Girls
Spring on Zarechnaya Street
Vladimir Sedov
Sharov
Known for
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nina Kolchina
Known for
The Diamond Arm
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Evgeniy Evstigneev
main constructor
Known for
Heart of a Dog
Welcome, or No Trespassing
Oleg Zhakov
Basargin
Also in
By the Lake
The White Fang
Sergei Blinnikov
constructor
Known for
Alexander Nevsky
Gas Station Queen
Georgiy Kulikov
constructor
Known for
Carnival Night
The Cranes Are Flying
Nikolay Pogodin
test-pilot
Known for
The Girls
The Red Snowball Tree
Sergey Bobrov
constructor
Also in
Ekaterina Voronina
The Horsemen
Pavel Tarasov
old constructor
Also in
Sovershenno seryozno
Girl without an Address
Lev Zolotukhin
Gordeyev
Known for
I Am Twenty
Pyotr Shcherbakov
test-pilot
Known for
Office Romance
Zerograd
Tatyana Lioznova Director · Leonid Agranovich Writer Anatoliy Agranovskiy Writer
First release August 26, 1963 · Produced in Russia · Original title Им покоряется небо
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Им покоряется небо
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 26, 1963
Russia · August 26, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Tatyana Lioznova
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked They Conquer the Skies
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.