Wings of Victory (1941)
Валерий Чкалов
Based on the true story of Russian pilot Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), who set several long-distance flight records. Chkalov and co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov altogether had accomplished several nonstop long-distance flights. In June 1937, Chkalov set the world record, covering 12,000 kilometers in 63 hours of nonstop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.
- Date of release
- 1941-03-12
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
Casting
- Vladimir Belokurov — Chkalov
- Mikheil Gelovani — Stalin
- Semyon Mezhinsky — Ordzhonikidze
- Kseniya Tarasova — Olga
- Vasili Vanin — Pavel Pavlovich
- Pyotr Beryozov — Baidukov
- Boris Zhukovsky — commander Alyoshin
- Fyodor Bogdanov — grandpa Yermolai
- Sergei Yarov — Belyakov
- Irina Zarubina — Chkalov's family friend
- Igor Smyslovskiy — airplane designer
- Mikhail Kalatozov
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