The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikhail KalatozovDirector
- Georgi BajdukovWriter
- Boris ChirskovWriter
- Dmitri TarasovWriter
- Venedict PushkovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vladimir BelokurovChkalov
- Mikheil GelovaniStalin
- Semyon MezhinskyOrdzhonikidze
- Kseniya TarasovaOlga
- Vasili VaninPavel Pavlovich
- Pyotr BeryozovBaidukov
- Boris Zhukovskycommander Alyoshin
- Fyodor Bogdanovgrandpa Yermolai
- Sergei YarovBelyakov
- Irina ZarubinaChkalov's family friend
- Igor Smyslovskiyairplane designer
- Mikhail KalatozovCast