Based on the play of the same name by Georgi Mdivani.
In September 1941, lieutenant Ilya Streltsov, who graduated from the flight school, was assigned to the fighter aviation regiment guarding the sky of Moscow. He meets in part the nurse Zoya, with whom he grew up in the same yard and with whom he has long been in love. During the first training flight on the "Seagull", lieutenant Streltsov shot down a German plane and received the nickname "Lucky." Streltsov is jealous of the squadron commander to nurse Zoya, believes that he is finding fault with him. For a whole month he is not allowed to fly sorties. In October 1941, lieutenant Streltsov made his first sortie, he shot down one plane and rams the second. For this battle, he is awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Пётр Алейников
as lieutenant Ilya Streltsov
Nina Mazayeva
as nurse Zoya
Николай Боголюбов
as lieutenant colonel Balashov
Пётр Соболевский
as captain Goncharov
Иван Кузнецов
as senior lieutenant Shcherbina
Yevgeni Nemchenko
as senior lieutenant Solovyov
Nikolai Shamin
as Streltsov's father
Aleksandra Salnikova
as mother
Yelizaveta Shumskaya
as Natasha
Fyodor Fedotov
as Rakitin
Anatoly Alekseev
as pilot
Yevgeni Grigoryev
as pilot
