Film
Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
SU- Director
- Maxim Pezhemsky
- Year
- 1990
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.
Top cast
Directed by
Maxim Pezhemsky
Written by
Maxim Pezhemsky
