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.
- Country : Soviet Union
- Genre : Comedy
- Director : Maxim Pezhemsky
- Cast : Aleksandr Zavyalov, Semyon Furman, Viktor Bychkov, Vladimir Baranov