Wings of Victory (1941)
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.
Wings of VictoryDrama, War
Cast
- 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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