Fighter pilots Sergei and Nikolai test new planes together and try to beat each other in everything. Their rivalry began back in school, when both were passionate about the pretty classmate Varey. A tragic accident led Sergei to complete blindness. Varya, who has long loved him, has a difficult decision: to become a wife of a disabled person ...
Practical Effects
Actual 1930s aircraft screaming across the screen.
Acting
Bernes sells blindness with unsettling conviction.
Director
Eduard Pentslin
Mark Bernes
Lieutenant Sergey Kozhukharov
Vasyl Dashenko
Lieutenant Nikolay Melnikov
Evgenia Golynchik
Varya
Vladimir Uralskiy
Kozhukharov's father
Borys Andreiev
First lieutenant Ptenchik (uncredited)
Pyotr Aleynikov
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Anna Komolova
Nurse (uncredited)
Petro Masokha
Captain Smolokurov (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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