Film
Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
1990Directed by Maxim Pezhemsky
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- Released
- Runtime
- 24m
About Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
- Comedy
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Maxim Pezhemsky
- Writer
- Maxim Pezhemsky
- Original title
- Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс
