Movie: Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

Top 4 Billed Cast

Aleksandr Zavyalov
Александр Завьялов

Чкалов

Semyon Furman
Семён Фурман

вождь

Viktor Bychkov
Виктор Бычков

пилот

Vladimir Baranov
Владимир Баранов

бортмеханик

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1990-03-25

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский
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