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Wings of Victory

The film is based on the biography of Valeri Chkalov (1904 - 1938), a Russian pilot, who set several long distance flight records. Chkalov and his co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov together had accomplished several non-stop long-distance flights. In June of 1937 Chkalov set the world record, covering 12000 kilometers in 63 hours of non-stop flight from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, flying over the North Pole.

1941 |1h 29m |  Drama, War

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Vladimir Belokurov

Chkalov

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Mikhail Gelovani

Stalin

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Semyon Mezhinsky

Ordzhonikidze

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Kseniya Tarasova

Olga

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Vasili Vanin

Pavel Pavlovich

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Pyotr Beryozov

Baidukov

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Boris Zhukovsky

commander Alyoshin

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Fyodor Bogdanov

grandpa Yermolai

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Sergei Yarov

Belyakov

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Irina Zarubina

Chkalov's family friend

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Igor Smyslovskiy

airplane designer

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Boris Andreyev

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Arkadiy Raykin

American journalist

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Serafima Birman

American woman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Russian

Budget

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