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'Lyotchiki' (: ) (aka 'Men on Wings' and 'The Pilots') is a 1935 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman and Grigori Levkoyev.Kherson 1954, p. 161. Maxim Gorky called him among the best Soviet filmmakers of that time.Ryabchikova, Natalia. [https://www.kinopoisk.ru/article/3134182/ " : " (ru); Stalin and the Great Dictator: What films did the leader like?."] 'KinoPoisk', 5 March 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

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.

Student flight school Galya Bystrova (Yevgenia Melnikova), who likes Belyaev, unfortunately, seeks to imitate him in the air. Commander Rogachyov falls for young student pilot Gayla, but their difference in age prevents him from declaring his love.

Rogachyov teaches that discipline in the air is necessary to survive as a pilot. Finally, that message begins to make sense to Sergei and Gayla.

Cast



* Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Student Commander Sergei Belyaev

* Yevgenia Melnikova as Flight School Student Galya Bystrova

* Aleksandr Chistyakov as Senior Mechanic Ivan Matveyevich Khrushchev

* Boris Shchukin as Flight School Commander Nikolai Rogachyov

* Grigori Levkoyev as Doctor at airfield (uncredited)

* Inna Fyodorova as Medical attendant (uncredited)

* Zoya Fyodorova as Nurse (uncredited)

* Nikolai Khryashchikov as Appearing (uncredited)

* Maria Klyuchareva as Sanitary (uncredited)

* Ivan Kobozev as Pilot Kobozev (uncredited)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026623/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm (1935) Full Cast & Crew]

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).Podyablonskaya, Tatyana. [https://www.vrn.kp.ru/daily/26484.5/3353886/ " : 25 , (ru); "Year of cinema: 25 films shot in Voronezh land ."] 'Komsomolskaya Pravda', 28 June 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

Reception



Under the title, 'The Pilots', 'Lyotchiki' was released worldwide, while in the United States, it was re-titled 'Men on Wings'. Aviation film historian James H, Farmer in 'Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation' (1984) described the film's "poor production values."Farmer 1984, p. 320. Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in 'Aviation in the Cinema' (1985) had a similar opinion, noting, "unexciting flying scenes."Pendo 1985, p. 14.

in the Soviet films of the time, 'Lyotchiki' was considered a classic.Firsova, Katrina.[https://www.the-village.ru/village/weekend/the-village-university/224335-soviet-cinema " . (ru); What to watch from Soviet directors."] 'the-village.ru', 22 October 2015. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

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Bibliography



* Farmer, James H. 'Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation'. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. .

* Kherson, Chrysanth. 'Boris Shchukin: The Path of the Actor'. 1954.

* Pendo, Stephen. 'Aviation in the Cinema'. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. .


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