Wings of Victory (1941)
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.
Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili
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Vladimir Belokurov as Chkalov |
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Mikheil Gelovani as Stalin |
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Semyon Mezhinsky as Ordzhonikidze |
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Kseniya Tarasova as Olga |
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Vasili Vanin as Pavel Pavlovich |
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Pyotr Beryozov as Baidukov |
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Boris Zhukovsky as commander Alyoshin |
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Fyodor Bogdanov as grandpa Yermolai |
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Sergei Yarov as Belyakov |
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Irina Zarubina as Chkalov's family friend |
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Igor Smyslovskiy as airplane designer |
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Mikheil Kalatozishvili as |
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Boris Andreyev as |
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Arkadiy Raykin as American journalist |
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Serafima Birman as American woman (uncredited) |
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Sergei Sorokin as (uncredited) |
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Viktor Plotnikov as |
| Directing | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Director |
| Writing | Boris Chirskov | Writer |
| Writing | Dmitri Tarasov | Writer |
| Writing | Georgi Bajdukov | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasili Goryunov | Makeup Designer |
| Editing | D. Lander | Editor |
| Sound | Arnold Shargorodsky | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Yevgeni Nesterov | Sound Engineer |
| Directing | Semyon Derevyansky | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Gintsburg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Venedict Pushkov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Alexander Black | Production Design |
| Production | Yakov Antselovich | Executive Producer |
