

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.
Year 1941
Studio Lenfilm
Director Mikhail Kalatozov
Crew Mikhail Kalatozov (Director), Georgi Bajdukov (Writer), Boris Chirskov (Writer), Dmitri Tarasov (Writer), Semyon Derevyansky (Second Unit Director), Yakov Antselovich (Producer)
Popularity 1
Language Pусский