Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole 1990
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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.
- Released: 1990-03-25
- Runtime: 24 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Aleksandr Zavyalov, Semyon Furman, Viktor Bychkov, Vladimir Baranov
- Director: Maxim Pezhemsky, Tamara Denisova, Maxim Pezhemsky, Sergei Kuryokhin, Valery Mironov
