
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.

as Kolchin

as Sharov

as Nina Kolchina

as main constructor

as Basargin

as constructor

as constructor

as test-pilot

as constructor

as old constructor

as Gordeyev

as test-pilot

as constructor

as flight inspector

as test-pilot

as drunk assembler

as constructor

as engineer-constructor

as constructor

as constructor

as constructor

as doctor

as constructor

as secretary

as pilot

as pilot

as Kolchin's daughter

as pilot-major (uncredited)

as doctor (uncredited)

as pilot (uncredited)

as pilot (uncredited)