Валерий Чкалов

4.1

89 minutes

3/12/1941

Overview

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 List

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