Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

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.

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

24 min

Actor:

Aleksandr Zavyalov , Semyon Furman , Viktor Bychkov

Quality:

HD

Director:

Maxim Pezhemsky

Release:

1990

Country:

Soviet Union

IMDb:

6.6