
Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
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.
- Year: 1990
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Lenfilm
- Keyword: satire, soviet realism, short film
- Director: Maxim Pezhemsky
- Cast: Aleksandr Zavyalov, Semyon Furman, Viktor Bychkov, Vladimir Baranov