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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

Valery Mironov

Director of Photography

Sergei Kuryokhin

Music

Maxim Pezhemsky

Writer / Director

Tamara Denisova

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 25, 1990

Original Name
Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс

Status
Released

Running Time
24m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-04-12

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.