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.
Владимир Белокуров
as Chkalov
მიხეილ გელოვანი
as Stalin
Семен Межинский
as Ordzhonikidze
Kseniya Tarasova
as Olga
Василий Ванин
as Pavel Pavlovich
Пётр Берёзов
as Baidukov
Борис Жуковский
as commander Alyoshin
Fyodor Bogdanov
as grandpa Yermolai
Sergei Yarov
as Belyakov
Ирина Зарубина
as Chkalov's family friend
Игорь Смысловский
as airplane designer
Mikhail Kalatozov
as
