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Lyotchiki
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Lyotchiki (: ) (aka Men on Wings and The Pilots) is a 1935 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Yuli Raizman and Grigori Levkoyev. Maxim Gorky called him among the best Soviet filmmakers of that time.
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5.3The daredevil pilot Sergei Belyaev takes a risk flying a plane which is not properly maintained and crashes dangerously, landing in hospital, his plane going up in smoke. The aviation student Galya Bystrova, having a crush with Belyaev, unfortunately tends to imitate him in the air. Later, heeding the advice of the wise headmaster Rogachev, they become experienced pilots. Bystrova is assigned to Pamir, and Rogachev, in love with her, is sent to Sakhalin.
Cast
- Boris Shchukin as School Commander Nikolai Rogachev
- Yevgeniya Melnikova as Student Galya Bystrova
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy as Student Commander Sergei Belyaev
- Aleksandr Chistyakov as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
- Zoya Fyodorova as Nurse
- Nikolai Khryashchikov as Appearing
Themes
- pilot
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Key facts
- Film.name
- The Pilots
- Film.image
- The Pilots 1935.jpg
- Film.caption
- Film poster
- Film.writer
- Aleksandr Macheret
- Film.music
- Nikolai Kryukov
- Film.cinematography
- Leonid Kosmatov
- Film.studio
- Moskinokombinat
- Film.distributor
- Mosfilm
- Film.runtime
- 80 min.
- Film.country
- Soviet Union
- Film.language
- Russian
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Reception
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Lyotchiki (: ) (aka Men on Wings and The Pilots) is a 1935 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Yuli Raizman and Grigori Levkoyev. Maxim Gorky called him among the best Soviet filmmakers of that time.
==Plot== School Commander Nikolai Rogachyov (Boris Shchukin) and famous aerobatic pilot, is in charge of a civilian flying school in Russia. Pilot Sergei Belyaev (Ivan Koval-Samborsky), showing recklessness trying to emulate the test pilot Valery Chkalov), crashes the aircraft assigned to him.
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