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Flying in the Sky
Flying in the Sky
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Flying in the Sky

Original Title: 長空比翼

1958
1h 34m
War

Status

Released

Release

1958

Runtime

1h 34m

Storyline

During Korean War Chinese Air Force fought against the American pilots who claimed to be the world's king of the air. Zhang Lei (Cao Huichu), who comes from a poor farming family, is determined to kill the enemy and serve his country after graduating from aviation school. After arriving at the front line, both the division commander (played by Wang Runshen) and the team leader were satisfied with his test flight results, but the proud Zhang Lei did not want to be a wingman and thinks he is useless. His pride and conceit made him pay the price. With the help of leaders and comrades, he gradually got out of complacency. In the next air battle, he used his actions to correct his mistakes and actively helped the lead plane complete aerial tactical coordination and shoot down the enemy plane. After his own plane was injured and on fire, he was still able to cover his comrades and crash the injured plane into the enemy plane

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Jul 27, 1958
Languages
Mandarin
Director
Wang Bing
Wang Bing
Li Shutian
Li Shutian
Production
August 1st Film Studio 八一电影制片厂 (A1FS)
August 1st Film Studio 八一电影制片厂 (A1FS)
Production Countries
China

Top Cast

16 Cast Members

Cao Huiqu

Cao Huiqu

Zhou Zhang

Yao Chen

Yao Chen

Feng Liu

Wang Runshen

Wang Runshen

Division commander Fang

Xu Hu

Xu Hu

Political commissar Li

Ren Wang

Ren Wang

Zhong Wang

Yang Guang

Yang Guang

Hua Yang

Fusheng Zhang

Fusheng Zhang

Wen Zhang

Fuzhang Ma

Fuzhang Ma

Xing Ma

Li Shutian

Li Shutian

Gui Zhou

Gao Baocheng

Gao Baocheng

Yong Zhao

Zhijian Li

Zhijian Li

Fei Lin

Zhang Yuanfang

Zhang Yuanfang

Doctor Wang

Liu Bingzhang

Liu Bingzhang

Driver

Yuan Xia

Yuan Xia

Female station attendant

Yun Qu

Yun Qu

Xie Wanhe

Xie Wanhe

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