Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

Synopsis

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

Maxim Pezhemsky

Director

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Чкалов

Semyon Furman

вождь

Viktor Bychkov

пилот

Vladimir Baranov

бортмеханик

Maxim Pezhemsky

Director

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Чкалов

Semyon Furman

вождь

Viktor Bychkov

пилот

Vladimir Baranov

бортмеханик