Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

24min

Comedy

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

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Чкалов
Semyon Furman

Semyon Furman

вождь
Viktor Bychkov

Viktor Bychkov

пилот
Vladimir Baranov

Vladimir Baranov

бортмеханик

Release date

25th Mar 1990

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский