Wings of Victory
movie
Released March 12, 1941
Overview
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.
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
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Igor Smyslovskiy
as
airplane designer
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Crew
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
as
Director
Georgi Bajdukov
as
Writer
Boris Chirskov
as
Writer
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Dmitri Tarasov
as
Writer
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Semyon Derevyansky
as
Second Unit Director
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Arnold Shargorodsky
as
Sound Engineer
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Yevgeni Nesterov
as
Sound Engineer
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D. Lander
as
Editor
Vasili Goryunov
as
Makeup Designer
Aleksandr Gintsburg
as
Director of Photography
Venedict Pushkov
as
Original Music Composer
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Alexander Black
as
Production Design