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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1990-03-25
Languageru
Runtime24m
Production

Lenfilm

6.6(5)
•1990•24m

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

Comedy

Overview

A satiric comedy which dissects the iconography of the 'Soviet Hero'. Original footage of a propaganda film from 1941 is the starting point for this parody of the ideological cliches of Soviet cinema. It follows the story of a Russian crew across the North Pole.

Writing & Screenplay
Maxim Pezhemsky
Cinematography
Valery Mironov

Principal Cast

4 credited
Aleksandr Zavyalov
Aleksandr ZavyalovЧкалов
Semyon Furman
Semyon Furmanвождь
Viktor Bychkov
Viktor Bychkovпилот
Vladimir Baranov
Vladimir Baranovбортмеханик

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