Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
Summary
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.
Maxim Pezhemsky
Director
Original NameПереход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс (Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole)
StatusReleased: 35 years ago
March 25, 1990
LanguagePусский
Spoken LanguagesPусский
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