Lyotchiki

The Pilots
	Film poster
	Russian: Лётчики
Directed by	Yuli Raizman; Grigori Levkoyev;
Written by	Aleksandr Macheret
Starring	Boris Shchukin; Yevgenia Melnikova; Ivan Koval-Samborsky; Aleksandr Chistyakov; Grigori Levkoyev;
Music by	Nikolai Kryukov
Cinematography	Leonid Kosmatov]
Production; company	Moskinokombinat
Distributed by	Mosfilm
Release date	24 April 1935 (Russia); 10 May 1935 (USA);
Running time	80 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Lyotchiki (Russian: Лётчики, romanized: Lyotchiki: ) (aka Men on Wings and The Pilots) is a 1935 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman and Grigori Levkoyev.[1] Maxim Gorky called him among the best Soviet filmmakers of that time.[2]

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 Rogachev falls for young student pilot Gayla, but their difference in age prevents him from declaring his love.

Rogachev 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 (as I. I. Koval-Samborsky)
Evgeniya Melnikova as Fligth School Student Galya Bystrova (as E. K. Melnikova)
Aleksandr Chistyakov as Senior Mechanic Ivan Khrushchev (as A. P. Chistyakov)
Boris Shchukin as Flight School Commander Nikolai Rogachev (as B. V. Shchukin)
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)[3]

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).[4][N 1]

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."[5] Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in Aviation in the Cinema (1985) had a similar opinion, noting, "unexciting flying scenes."[6]

in the Soviet films of the time, Lyotchiki was considered a classic.[7]

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References

Notes

Lyotchiki was a "state-sponsored export" from the Soviet Union.[5]

Citations

Kherson 1954, p. 161.
Ryabchikova, Natalia. "Сталин и «Великий диктатор»: "Какие фильмы нравились вождю (ru); Stalin and the “Great Dictator”: What films did the leader like?." KinoPoisk, 5 March 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
Лётчики (1935) Full Cast & Crew
Podyablonskaya, Tatyana. "Год кино: 25 фильмов, снятых на воронежской земле (ru); "Year of cinema: 25 films shot in Voronezh land ." Komsomolskaya Pravda, 28 June 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.
Farmer 1984, p. 320.
Pendo 1985, p. 14.
Firsova, Katrina."Что смотреть у советских режиссёров. (ru); What to watch from Soviet directors." the-village.ru, 22 October 2015. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

Bibliography

Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. ISBN 978-0-83062-374-7.
Kherson, Chrysanth. Boris Shchukin: The Path of the Actor. 1954.
Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8-1081-746-2.

External links

Men on Wings on IMDb
Lyotchiki at the TCM Movie Database

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[6] Lyotchiki was a "state-sponsored export" from the Soviet Union.[5]

[1] Kherson 1954, p. 161.

[2] Ryabchikova, Natalia. "Сталин и «Великий диктатор»: "Какие фильмы нравились вождю (ru); Stalin and the “Great Dictator”: What films did the leader like?." KinoPoisk, 5 March 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

[3] Лётчики (1935) Full Cast & Crew

[4] Podyablonskaya, Tatyana. "Год кино: 25 фильмов, снятых на воронежской земле (ru); "Year of cinema: 25 films shot in Voronezh land ." Komsomolskaya Pravda, 28 June 2018. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.

[Farmer-5] Farmer 1984, p. 320.

[7] Pendo 1985, p. 14.

[8] Firsova, Katrina."Что смотреть у советских режиссёров. (ru); What to watch from Soviet directors." the-village.ru, 22 October 2015. Retrieved: 14 July 2019.