Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina
Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина
Czech Republic / UK / France / Italy / Russia,
1993, 106 min
Directed by:
Jiří MenzelScreenplay:
Zdeněk SvěrákCinematography:
Jaromír ŠofrComposer:
Jiří ŠustCast:
Gennadiy Nazarov, Zoya Yuryevna Buryak, Vladimir Ilyin, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Sergey Garmash, Marian Labuda, Henryk Bista, Valeriy Nikolaev (more)Plots(1)
Jiří Menzel's grotesque tragicomedy based on the novel by Vladimír Vojnović. Our buffoon of a hero, Ivan, watches 1941 slip by in a remote Russian village named Rudá (read Red). The absurdity of Russian Bolshevism is revealed through comic episodes tinged with bitter undertones. (official distributor synopsis)