Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

1990

24m

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Comedy

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.

Writers

Maxim Pezhemsky(writer by)
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Aleksandr Zavyalov
Чкалов
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Semyon Furman
вождь
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Viktor Bychkov
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Vladimir Baranov
бортмеханик

Writers

Maxim Pezhemsky(writer by)

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Release date

March 25, 1990 (United States)

Country of origin

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

Production company

Lenfilm

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