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.
Vladimir Belokurov
Mikhail Gelovani
Semyon Mezhinsky
Kseniya Tarasova
Vasili Vanin
Pyotr Berezov
Boris Zhukovsky
Fyodor Bogdanov
Sergei Yarov
Irina Zarubina
Igor Smyslovski
Mikhail Kalatozov
Boris Andreyev
Arkadiy Raykin
Serafima Birman