Valery Chkalov (film)
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Valery Chkalov is a Soviet 1941 film
about the life of Valery Chkalov
. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
. Screenplay by Georgy Baidukov, Boris Chirskov and Dmitri Tarasov. Produced by Lenfilm
. Distributed in USA by Artkino Pictures (1941), Top1Video (1999)
1941 in film
The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...
about the life of Valery Chkalov
Valery Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .-Early life:...
. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
. Screenplay by Georgy Baidukov, Boris Chirskov and Dmitri Tarasov. Produced by Lenfilm
Lenfilm
Kinostudiya "Lenfilm" is a production unit of the Russian film industry, with its own film studio, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formerly Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R. Today OAO "Kinostudiya Lenfilm" is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners, and several private film studios,...
. Distributed in USA by Artkino Pictures (1941), Top1Video (1999)
Cast
- Vladimir Belokurov as Valery ChkalovValery ChkalovValery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .-Early life:...
- Mikheil GelovaniMikheil GelovaniMikheil Gelovani was a Georgian-Soviet actor, known for his many portrayals of Joseph Stalin in cinema.-Early life:Mikheil Gelovani was a descendant of the old Georgian princely house of Gelovani. He made his stage debut in a theater in Batumi during 1913. From 1919 to 1920, he attended the Drama...
as Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee... - Semyon Mezhinsky as Sergo OrdzhonikidzeGrigoriy OrdzhonikidzeGrigol Ordzhonikidze ორჯონიკიძე - Grigol Orjonikidze, , generally known as Sergo Ordzhonikidze ; – February 18, 1937) was a Georgian Bolshevik, later member of the CPSU Politburo and close friend to Joseph Stalin...
- Kseniya Tarasova as Olga Chkalova
- Vasili Vanin as Pasha Palic
- Serafima Birman
- Pyotr Berezov as Georgiy BaidukovGeorgiy BaidukovGeorgy Filippovich Baydukov was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union .- Early years :Georgy Baydukov had been born in Taryshta railway station to a railway worker. He became an orphan in the age of 9 and had been homeless for some time...
- Boris Zhukovsky as Cmdr. Alyoshin
- Fyodor Bogdanov as Grandfather
- Irina Zarubina
- Sergei Yarov as Alexander BelyakovAlexander Vasilyevich BelyakovAlexander Vasilyevich Belyakov was a Soviet flight navigator who, together with command pilot Valery Chkalov and co-pilot Georgy Baydukov, set a record for the longest uninterrupted flight in 1936 and made the first non-stop flight across the North Pole, flying from Moscow to Vancouver,...
- I. Smyslovsky
- Mikhail KalatozovMikhail KalatozovMikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
- Boris AndreyevBoris AndreyevBoris Fyodorovich Andreyev was a Soviet actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1939 and 1982.-Biography:Boris Andreyev was born 9 February 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov Governorate...
- Arkady RaikinArkady RaikinArkady Isaakovich Raikin was a Soviet stand-up comedian. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century.Raikin was born into a Jewish family in Riga , then part of the Russian Empire. He graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Technicum in 1935 and worked in both state...
as American journalist