Mikhail KALATOZOV
Михаил КАЛАТОЗОВ
Mikhaïl KALATOZOV
USSR, 1941, 89mn 
Black and white, fiction
Valeri Chkalov
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Валерий Чкалов

 

 Valeri Tchkalov

 Valeri Chkalov

 
Directed by : Mikhail KALATOZOV (Михаил КАЛАТОЗОВ)
 
Cast
Serafima BIRMAN (Серафима БИРМАН)
Mikhail GELOVANY (Михаил ГЕЛОВАНИ) ...Staline
 
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 20 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The film is about the fate of the famous Soviet aviator Chkalov, who in mid 30’es made with his crew the first nonstop flight from Moscow to the Far East, covering over 9000 kilometers and later made the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Moscow to the USA across the North Pole.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Commentaries
Staline est mort il y a soixante-dix ans : dix films à la gloire ou à la haine du dictateur, Samuel DOUHAIRE, Télérama, 2023
Кино в Петербурге. Петербург в кино, Anna KOVALOVA, seance.ru, 2011