Valery Chkalov (film)
| Valery Chkalov (Валерий Чкалов) | |
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| Directed by | Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Starring | Vladimir Belokurov Mikheil Gelovani |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Gintsburg |
| Edited by | A. Goldburg, D. Lander |
Production company | |
Release date | 1941 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Valery Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Чкалов, UK title - The Red Flyer, United States title - Wings of Victory) is a Soviet biopic about the life of Valery Chkalov, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.[1] The screenplay was written by Georgy Baidukov, Boris Chirskov and Dmitri Tarasov. The film was produced by Lenfilm and distributed in the United States by Artkino Pictures (1941), and later by Top1Video (1999).
Cast[edit]
- Vladimir Belokurov as Valery Chkalov
- Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin
- Semyon Mezhinsky as Sergo Ordzhonikidze
- Kseniya Tarasova as Olga Chkalova
- Vasili Vanin as Pasha Palic
- Serafima Birman
- Pyotr Berezov as Georgiy Baidukov
- Boris Zhukovsky as Cmdr. Alyoshin
- Fyodor Bogdanov as Grandfather
- Irina Zarubina
- Sergei Yarov as Alexander Belyakov
- I. Smyslovsky
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Boris Andreyev
- Arkady Raikin as American journalist
References[edit]
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 358.
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- 1941 films
- 1940s biographical drama films
- Soviet biographical drama films
- Russian biographical drama films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Lenfilm films
- Films directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
- Russian aviation films
- 1940s Russian-language films
- 1941 drama films
- Russian black-and-white films
- Biographical films about aviators
- 1940s Soviet films
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