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
Mikhail Kalatozov
Unknown
Borys Andreiev
Unknown
Arkadiy Raykin
American journalist
Serafima Birman
American woman (uncredited)
Sergei Sorokin
(uncredited)
Viktor Plotnikov
Unknown
Crew
Mikhail Kalatozov
Director
Georgi Bajdukov
Writer
Boris Chirskov
Writer
Dmitri Tarasov
Writer
D. Lander
Editor
Aleksandr Gintsburg
Director of Photography
Yakov Antselovich
Executive Producer
Alexander Black
Production Design
Vasili Goryunov
Makeup Designer
Semyon Derevyansky
Second Unit Director
Arnold Shargorodsky
Sound Engineer
Yevgeni Nesterov
Sound Engineer
Venedict Pushkov
Original Music Composer
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