Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

0h 24m 1990 Comedy Soviet Union
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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