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.
Directing | Tatyana Lioznova | Director |
Writing | Leonid Agranovich | Writer |
Costume & Make-Up | Liliya Dushina | Costume Design |
Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Writer |
Sound | Andrei Eshpai | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Lidiya Rodionova | Editor |
Editing | Kseniya Blinova | Editor |
Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
Camera | Valeri Ginzburg | Director of Photography |
Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound |
Writing | Anatoliy Agranovskiy | Novel |
Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Smirnov | Makeup Artist |