Wings of Victory(1941)

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.

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Actors: Vladimir Belokurov, Mikheil Gelovani, Semyon Mezhinsky, Kseniya Tarasova, Vasili Vanin, Serafima Birman, Pyotr Berezov, Boris Zhukovsky, Fyodor Bogdanov, Irina Zarubina

Release date: 1941-03-12

Country of origin: SU

Length: 1h 29m

Ratings:

• 6.6/10