Wings of Victory
12/03/1941
1h 29m



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.
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


Mikheil Kalatozishvili


Borys Andreiev


Arkadiy Raykin
American journalist


Serafima Birman
American woman (uncredited)
Sergei Sorokin
(uncredited)
Viktor Plotnikov
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