The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

1994
★★★☆☆ 6.4/10
⏱️ 106 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDrama
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.

Cast

Gennadiy Nazarov
Gennadiy Nazarov
Ivan Chonkin
Zoya Buryak
Zoya Buryak
Nyura
Vladimir Ilin
Vladimir Ilin
Golubev
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Kilin
Aleksei Zharkov
Aleksei Zharkov
Gladyshev
Yuriy Dubrovin
Yuriy Dubrovin
Volkov

Crew

Director
Jiří Menzel
Writer
Zdeněk Svěrák
Producer
Eric Abraham

Production

Domenico Procacci, Fandango, Portobello Pictures, MK2 Films, CNC, Canal+, Studio Trite, La Sept Cinéma, Film4 Productions

Keywords

based on novel or book1940s