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Wings of Victory
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Wings of Victory 1941 Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov Валерий Чкалов

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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Drama , War
Production Company Lenfilm
Release Date 12 March 1941
89 mins
Cast
Vladimir Belokurov
Vladimir Belokurov Chkalov
Mikhail Gelovani
Mikhail Gelovani Stalin
Semyon Mezhinsky
Semyon Mezhinsky Ordzhonikidze
Kseniya Tarasova
Kseniya Tarasova Olga
Vasili Vanin
Vasili Vanin Pavel Pavlovich
Pyotr Beryozov
Pyotr Beryozov Baidukov
Boris Zhukovsky
Boris Zhukovsky commander Alyoshin
Fyodor Bogdanov
Fyodor Bogdanov grandpa Yermolai
Sergei Yarov
Sergei Yarov Belyakov
Irina Zarubina
Irina Zarubina Chkalov's family friend
Igor Smyslovskiy
Igor Smyslovskiy airplane designer
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Boris Andreyev
Boris Andreyev
Arkadiy Raykin
Arkadiy Raykin American journalist
Serafima Birman
Serafima Birman American woman (uncredited)
Sergei Sorokin
Sergei Sorokin (uncredited)
Viktor Plotnikov
Viktor Plotnikov
Crew
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Writers
Georgi Bajdukov
Georgi Bajdukov
Boris Chirskov
Boris Chirskov
Dmitri Tarasov
Dmitri Tarasov
Executive Producer
Yakov Antselovich
Yakov Antselovich
Cinematography
Aleksandr Gintsburg
Aleksandr Gintsburg
Composer
Venedict Pushkov
Venedict Pushkov
Editor
D. Lander
D. Lander
Production Design
Alexander Black
Alexander Black
Sound
Arnold Shargorodsky
Arnold Shargorodsky
Yevgeni Nesterov
Yevgeni Nesterov
Makeup Artist
Vasili Goryunov
Vasili Goryunov