Desc: Litvyak: Directed by Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa. With Polina Chernyshova, Evgeniy Tkachuk, Viktoriya Solovyova, Pyotr Rykov. Lydia Litvyak, a Soviet fighter pilot. Ace. Hero. She holds first place in the women fighter pilots ranking. On the first of August 1943, Litvyak was almost 22 years old. That day her plane took off for the last time.