Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1990-03-25 Soviet Union 24 Min. PG-13
6.2 4 votes
Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Aleksandr Zavyalov is Чкалов
Чкалов
Semyon Furman is вождь
вождь
Viktor Bychkov is пилот
пилот
Vladimir Baranov is бортмеханик
бортмеханик