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.

Cast & crew

E

Eduard Pentslin

Director

Mark Bernes

Lieutenant Sergey Kozhukharov

Vasyl Dashenko

Lieutenant Nikolay Melnikov

Evgenia Golynchik

Varya

E

Elena Muzil

Grandmother

E

Evgeniy Ageev

Major Tuchkov

F

Fyodor Seleznyov

Technician Yashin

Yevgeniy Cherni

Technician Barsukov

V

Varvara Zhuravlyova

Tanya, Kozhukharov's sister

Elizaveta Lilina

Kozhukharov's mother

Vladimir Uralskiy

Kozhukharov's father

Boris Andreyev

First lieutenant Ptenchik (uncredited)

Pyotr Aleynikov

Lieutenant (uncredited)

V

Vyacheslav Gomolyaka

Commander stopping the train (uncredited)

Anna Komolova

Nurse (uncredited)

Petro Masokha

Captain Smolokurov (uncredited)

A

Alexey Omelchuk

Operator (uncredited)

Yurii Tymoshenko

Pyrotechnician (uncredited)

S

Stepan Zhavoronok

A

Alexey Zagorsky

Professor