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