Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)

  • NR
  • 03/25/1990 (RU)
  • Comedy
  • 24m

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.

Maxim Pezhemsky

Writer, Director

Cast

Aleksandr Zavyalov's headshot

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Чкалов
Semyon Furman's headshot

Semyon Furman

вождь
Viktor Bychkov's headshot

Viktor Bychkov

пилот
Vladimir Baranov's headshot

Vladimir Baranov

бортмеханик

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