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Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia / 1994 / 106 min
Fiction
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina
Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia / 1994 / 106 min
Fiction
Jiří Menzel's grotesque tragicomedy based on the novel by Vladimír Vojnović. Our buffoon of a hero, Ivan, watches 1941 slip by in a remote Russian village named Rudá (read Red). The absurdity of Russian Bolshevism is revealed through comic episodes tinged with bitter undertones.
Cast / Gennadij Nazarov , Zoja Burjak , Vladimír Iljin , Sergej Garmaš , Valerij Zolotuchin , Zinovij Gerdt , Marija Vinogradova Writer / Zdeněk Svěrák Story / Vladimír Vojnovič Editor / Jiří Brožek Sound / Jiří Moudrý Music / Jiří Šust DoP / Jaromír Šofr