Overview
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.
Director and 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
- Varvara Ryzhova as Pakhomovna
- Grigori Levkoyev as Doctor at airfield
- Maria Klyuchareva as Sanitary
- Ivan Kobozev as Pilot Kobozev
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