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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

Oct 20, 1994 · 1h 46m
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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.

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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
Directed by Jiří Menzel

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Domenico Procacci, Fandango, Portobello Pictures, mk2 Films, CNC, Canal+, Studio Trite, La Sept Cinéma, Film4 Productions
Country
RU, IT, CZ, FR, GB

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