Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

24m
Comedy
6.6

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.

Cast

Aleksandr Zavyalov
Чкалов
Semyon Furman
вождь
Viktor Bychkov
пилот
Vladimir Baranov
бортмеханик

Crew

Maxim Pezhemsky
Director, Writer
Tamara Denisova
Editor
Valery Mironov
Director of Photography
Sergei Kuryokhin
Music

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