Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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Audience Score
64
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
NR 1 hr 46 minRomance, War, Comedy
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.
StarringGennadiy NazarovZoya BuryakAleksei Zharkov
DirectorJiří Menzel
WriterZdeněk Svěrák

Movie Details

Original Language:Czech
Production Companies:Domenico Procacci, Fandango, Portobello Pictures, MK2 Films, CNC, Canal+, Studio Trite, La Sept Cinéma, Film4 Productions