Wings of Victory

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.

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  Mikhail Kalatozov
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  Semyon Derevyansky

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  Vladimir Belokurov
  Chkalov
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  Mikheil Gelovani
  Stalin
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  Mikhail Gelovani
  Stalin
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  Semyon Mezhinsky
  Ordzhonikidze
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  Kseniya Tarasova
  Olga
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  Vasili Vanin
  Pavel Pavlovich
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  Pyotr Beryozov
  Baidukov
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  Boris Zhukovsky
  commander Alyoshin
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  Fyodor Bogdanov
  grandpa Yermolai
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  Sergei Yarov
  Belyakov
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  Irina Zarubina
  Chkalov's family friend
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  Igor Smyslovskiy
  airplane designer
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  Mikhail Kalatozov
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  Boris Andreyev
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  Arkadiy Raykin
  American journalist
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  Serafima Birman
  American woman (uncredited)
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  Sergei Sorokin
  (uncredited)
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  Viktor Plotnikov