The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
1994•U•1h 46m•6.6•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Jiří Menzel
Writer
Zdeněk Svěrák
Languages
Russian
Studio
Domenico Procacci
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
Production
Company
Domenico Procacci
Company
Fandango
Company
Portobello Pictures
Company
mk2 Films
Company
CNC
Company
Canal+
Company
Studio Trite
Company
La Sept Cinéma
Company
Film4 Productions
Producer
Eric Abraham
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