
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.

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)

as (uncredited)
