Валерий Чкалов (1941)

Run Time: 1h29m | Release: 12 Mar 1941

Genres: Drama | War |

Production Countries: Soviet Union

4.1 / 109 Vote Count

Overview:

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.