- HD 1080
- Runtime: 89m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ru
- Country: Soviet Union
- Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
- Stars: Vladimir Belokurov, Mikhail Gelovani, Semyon Mezhinsky, Kseniya Tarasova, Vasili Vanin
- Production_studio: Lenfilm
- The Wings of Victory is featured in the top rankings of 1941
- #73 in Top Drama Movies of 1941
- #13 in Top War Movies of 1941
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.