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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1994, October 20
Directors: Jiří Menzel
Countries: Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia
Production: Domenico Procacci, Fandango, Portobello Pictures, MK2 Films, CNC, Canal+, Studio Trite, La Sept Cinéma, Film4 Productions
Cast: Henryk Bista, Sergey Garmash, Valery Nikolaev, Lyubov Rudneva, Sergei Stepanchenko, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Mariya Vinogradova, Zinoviy Gerdt, Aleksandr Kuzmichyov, Sergey Batalov, Konstantin Chepurin, Vladimir Ilin

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 1940s