Wings of Victory

1h 29min

Drama

War

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

Semyon Mezhinsky

Semyon Mezhinsky

Ordzhonikidze
Vasili Vanin

Vasili Vanin

Pavel Pavlovich
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 Smyslovski

Igor Smyslovski

airplane designer
Arkadiy Raykin

Arkadiy Raykin

American journalist
Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

American woman (uncredited)
Sergei Sorokin

Sergei Sorokin

(uncredited)

Release date

12th Mar 1941

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский