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6.9/10 FilmAffinity Directed by Jiří Menzel Music by Jiří Šust Edited by Jiří Brožek Director Jiří Menzel Screenplay Zdeněk Svěrák | 7.1/10 IMDb 2.8/5 Mubi Written by Zdeněk Svěrák Cinematography Jaromír Šofr Initial release 9 November 1994 (France) Story by Vladimir Voinovich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Gennady Nazarov
Zoya Buryak
Vladimir Ilyin Nominations Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay Cast Zoya Buryak, Sergei Garmash, Valeri Zolotukhin, Vladimir Ilyin, Marián Labuda Similar Movies about soldiers, Comedy-dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Russian: Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина, Czech: Žvot a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina) is a 1994 comedy drama film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. It is based on the novel The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir Voinovich and the scenario by Zdeněk Svěrák. It is a coproduction between Russia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France and Italy.
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Plot
The film is set in 1941 in the Soviet Union before and during the first months of World War II.
In the small village of Red makes a forced landing military plane U-2. The command is unable to tow the aircraft and decided to put him near the hour.
The military unit near the village of Red served ordinary Ivan Chonkin. Unpretentious and simple soldiers, who looked far from exemplary soldier, serving his military duty in the economic division of the regiment, doing what works in the kitchen, carrying loads on a horse. It was his command post near to detach aircraft in the village of Red.
Chonkin comes to the village and after a while begins to cohabit with rustic pochtalonkoy Nura. Soon he moves the airplane to land Nura and moved into her hut.