6.2Released
Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
(Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс)
199024mComedy
Overview
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.
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Alternative Titles
Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez Severnyy polyusRU
The Flight of Comrade Chkalov Over The North PoleUS
Comrade Chkalov's Crossing of the North PoleUS
