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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

1h 46m1994Jiří Menzel
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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.

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What is The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994) about?

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.

Who stars in The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin stars Gennadiy Nazarov (Ivan Chonkin), Zoya Buryak (Nyura), Vladimir Ilin (Golubev), Valeriy Zolotukhin (Kilin), Aleksei Zharkov (Gladyshev). The film was directed by Jiří Menzel.

How long is The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1994.

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