The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)
1h 46m
Running Time
October 20, 1994Release Date
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)
1h 46m
Running Time
October 20, 1994Release Date
Network & Production Companies






Plot.
Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local militia are tipped off.
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Cast & Crew.

Gennadiy Nazarov
Ivan Chonkin

Zoya Buryak
Nyura

Vladimir Ilin
Golubev

Valeriy Zolotukhin
Kilin

Aleksei Zharkov
Gladyshev

Yuriy Dubrovin
Volkov

Sergei Stepanchenko
Butch

Sergey Garmash
Milyaga

Zinoviy Gerdt
Stalin

Marián Labuda
Opalikov

Mariya Vinogradova
Granny Dunya

Tatyana Gerbachevskaya
Afrodita

Lyubov Rudneva
Kapa

Ivan Ryzhov
Shapkin

Vyacheslav Molokov
General Drynov

Mykola Marchenko
Borisov

Tatyana Agafonova
Ninka

Tatyana Oshurkova
Tayka

Galina Petrova
Zinaida

Henryk Bista
Zhikin

Aleksandr Ilin
Shikalov

Aleksandr Kuzmichyov
Taldykin

Sergey Batalov
Kurzov

Igor Fokin
Lukov

Irina Lazareva
Raisa

Aleksandr Mokhov
Meleshko

Olga Anokhina
Liyushka

Aleksandr Masalov
Malakhov

Josef Dalecký
Doctor

Aleksandr Garin
Svintsov

Sergey Gabrielyan
Prokopov

Igor Vetrov
Bukashev

Vadim Zavyalov
Lapshin

Vadim Lyubshin
Syrykh

Oleg Demidov
Filyukov

Mikhail Vaskov
Zavgorodnyi

Aleksandr Pashkovskiy
Peskov

Vladimir Goryushin
Yartsev

Valery Nikolaev
Balashev

Valeriy Yaremenko
Samushkin

Evgeniy Sokolov
1st Telephonist

Konstantin Chepurin
2nd Telephonist

Anastasiya Delgteva
Girl

Jiří Menzel
Director

Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography

Ladislav Lahoda
Stunt Coordinator

František Čížek
Makeup Artist

Vladimir Vojnovich
Novel

Jiří Brožek
Editor

Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer

Eric Abraham
Producer

Václav Hnát
First Assistant Director

Zdeněk Svěrák
Screenplay

Milan Býček
Production Design

Irina Ginno
Costume Design

Katya Krausova
Co-Producer

Daniela Jenčíková
Production Manager / Production Accountant

Jiří Moudrý
Sound Designer

Leonid Vereshchagin
Associate Producer

Tamara Odintsova
Casting Director

Markéta Ekrt Válková
Second Assistant Director

Jan Maxa
Third Assistant Director

Pavel Píta
Production Coordinator

Jan Gogola
Script Consultant

Helena Matušková
Continuity

Véronique Cayla
Production Executive

Christine Ravet
Production Executive

Nicky Monina
Production Coordinator

Joanna Human
Production Coordinator

Lydie Lukešová
Producer's Assistant

Jana Chovancova
Production Assistant

Jiri Tichacek
Production Assistant

Zdena Kavková
Production Secretary

Petr Háša
Production Runner

Andrea Molíková
Assistant Accountant

Viera Hladisova
Assistant Accountant

Oldřich Mach
Post Production Supervisor

Michal Přikryl
Post Production Coordinator

Vít Neruda
Focus Puller

Miroslav Vránek
Clapper Loader

Radek Faltejsek
Grip

Josef Černušák
Grip

Jiří Cuřín
Gaffer

Bohumil Havlíček
Electrician

Jiri Horych
Electrician

Zdeněk Čermák
Electrician

Josef Řezáč
Still Photographer

Eva Horázná
Assistant Editor

Jiří Berger
Special Effects

Jiří Kříž
Sound Assistant

Antonín Vaněk
Boom Operator

Pavel Rejholec
Boom Operator

Jiří Zobač
Music Director

Anne Sinclair
Costume Consultant

Ilona Křečková
Costume Mistress

Galina Nechoroseva
Wardrobe Assistant

Tatyana Zhukova
Wardrobe Assistant

Patricie Šoptenková
Wardrobe Assistant

Jarmila Kratochvílová
Wardrobe Assistant

Šárka Brabcová
Makeup & Hair Assistant

Radek Petr
Makeup & Hair Assistant

Jindřich Sadílek
Assistant Production Design

Jiří Zavřel
Construction Manager

Bohumil Kadlec
Set Decoration

Vladimir Janosek
Property Master

Václav Kabát
Military Consultant
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
1940s
Wiki.
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Russian: Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина, Czech: Žvot a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina) is a 1994 war comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the first two books of Vladimir Voinovich's novel trilogy of the same name. An international co-production between Russia, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, it entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.
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