Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс)

Release Date:	1990-03-25
Runtime:	24 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Comedy
Production:	Lenfilm

Overview

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.