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Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)

24m

Running Time

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)

Name: Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-03-25

24m

Running Time

March 25, 1990
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Чкалов

Semyon Furman

вождь

Aleksandr Anikeyenko

Actor

Viktor Bychkov

пилот

Vladimir Baranov

бортмеханик

Maxim Pezhemsky

Director / Writer

Tamara Denisova

Editor

Sergei Kuryokhin

Music

Valery Mironov

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 25, 1990

Original Name
Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс

Status
Released

Running Time
24m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2023-11-19

This Movie Is About.

satire

soviet montage

short

Wiki.

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (Russian: Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс, romanized: Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus) is a 1990 Soviet short comedy film directed by Maksim Pezhemsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.