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.
- Released
- 1941-03-12
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- TMDB rating
- 4.7/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Vladimir Belokurov as Chkalov
- Mikheil Gelovani as Stalin
- Semyon Mezhinsky as Ordzhonikidze
- Kseniya Tarasova as Olga
- Vasili Vanin as Pavel Pavlovich
- Pyotr Beryozov as Baidukov
- Boris Zhukovsky as commander Alyoshin
- Fyodor Bogdanov as grandpa Yermolai
- Sergei Yarov as Belyakov
- Irina Zarubina as Chkalov's family friend
- Igor Smyslovskiy as airplane designer
- Mikhail Kalatozov