The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

1h 46min

Comedy

Drama

Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local militia are tipped off.

Production Companies

Domenico Procacci

Fandango

Portobello Pictures

MK2 Films

CNC

Canal+

Studio Trite

La Sept Cinéma

Film4 Productions

Release date

20th Oct 1994

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский