Film
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Czechia · France · Italy · Russia · United Kingdom- Age rating
- U
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Year
- 1994
Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft. The authorities appear to have forgotten about him so this leaves him free to work his chams on the village postmistress, Njura, untill the local militia are tipped off.
Top cast
Gennadiy Nazarov
Ivan Chonkin
Zoya Buryak
Nyura
Vladimir Ilin
Golubev
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Kilin
Aleksei Zharkov
Gladyshev
Yuriy Dubrovin
Volkov
Sergei Stepanchenko
Butch
Sergey Garmash
Milyaga
Zinoviy Gerdt
Stalin
Marián Labuda
Opalikov
Mariya Vinogradova
Granny Dunya
Tatyana Gerbachevskaya
Afrodita
Lyubov Rudneva
Kapa
Ivan Ryzhov
Shapkin
Vyacheslav Molokov
General Drynov
Mykola Marchenko
Borisov
Tatyana Agafonova
Ninka
Tatyana Oshurkova
Tayka
Directed by
Jiří Menzel
Written by
Zdeněk Svěrák
Produced by
Eric Abraham
