"Valery Chkalov" is a 1941 feature film produced by Lenfilm. The full, uncensored version of 1962, which resulted in all scenes featuring Stalin being cut and all references to him being airbrushed, is also available.
A biographical film about the legendary pilot Valery Chkalov, a Hero of the Soviet Union. Brigade Commander Chkalov developed a number of new aerobatic maneuvers. In 1936-37, he made nonstop flights from Moscow to Udd Island (Far East) and from Moscow to the North Pole and Vancouver (USA).
Valery Chkalov made his daring flyover under the Trinity Bridge in Leningrad. This flight was repeated (six times) by pilot Yevgeny Borisenko in an Sh-2 seaplane in 1940 for the film. Valery Chkalov finds flying without imagination boring – turns, loops, playful flights under bridges. Fired for such pranks, he becomes a legendary pilot, a test pilot for the first fighter aircraft...
Year: 1941
Duration: 01:29
Released: USSR, Lenfilm
Genres: drama, war, biography, history
Film crew
Screenwriters: Georgy Baidukov, Dmitry Tarasov, Boris Chirskov
Directors: Mikhail Kalatozov, Semyon Derevyansky
Cinematographer: Alexander Ginzburg
Composer: Venedikt Pushkov
Production designer: Alexander Black
Sound: Arnold Shargorodsky
Editing: A. Goldburg, D. Lander
Director: Yakov Antselovich
Cast:
Mikhail Kalatozov
Vladimir Belokurov as Valery Chkalov
Ksenia Tarasova as Olga Chkalova
Vasily Vanin as Pal Palych Flight Mechanic
Pyotr Berezov — Georgy Baidukov
Sergey Yarov — Alexander Belyakov, Navigator
Boris Zhukovsky — Commander Alyoshin (Dad)
Semyon Mezhinsky — Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Igor Smyslovsky — Mukhin, Designer
Fyodor Bogdanov — Grandfather Yermolai
Mikhail Gelovani — Joseph Stalin (not in the "restored" version)
Irina Zarubina — Honored Artist
Arkady Raikin — American Journalist
Mark Bernes — Air Parade Commentator (uncredited)
Boris Andreyev — Mechanic (uncredited)
Serafima Birman — American (uncredited)
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