Film
Wings of Victory
1941Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
About Wings of Victory
- Drama
- War
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.
- Director
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Writers
- Boris Chirskov
- Dmitri Tarasov
- Georgi Bajdukov
- Original title
- Валерий Чкалов
