Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

(1990)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1990

Runtime: 23 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Максим Пежемский

Cast: Александр Завьялов, Семён Фурман, Виктор Бычков, Владимир Баранов

Plot

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.