The Pilots (1935)
Летчики
The 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.
- Date of release
- 1935-04-24
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Yuli Raizman
Casting
- Boris Shchukin — School Commander Nikolai Rogachev
- Yevgeniya Melnikova — Student Galya Bystrova
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy — Student Commander Sergei Belyaev
- Aleksandr Chistyakov — Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
- Zoya Fyodorova — Nurse
- Nikolai Khryashchikov — Appearing
- Varvara Ryzhova — Pakhomovna
- Grigori Levkoyev — Doctor at airfield
- Maria Klyuchareva — Sanitary
- Ivan Kobozev — Pilot Kobozev
- Vladimir Lepko — Hairdresser
Interesting facts
Lyotchiki 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.
Production
Principal photography for Lyotchiki took place in 1935 on the outskirts of Voronezh, on the airfield (now Holzunov Street in the Northern residential area).
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