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.
as Chkalov
as Stalin
as Ordzhonikidze
as Olga
as Pavel Pavlovich
as Baidukov
as commander Alyoshin
as grandpa Yermolai
as Belyakov
as Chkalov's family friend
as airplane designer
as American journalist
as American woman (uncredited)
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