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)
