Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Directed by	Jiří Menzel
Written by	Zdeněk Svěrák
Starring	Gennady Nazarov: Ivan Chonkin Zoya Buryak: Nyura Vladimir Ilyin: Golubev   Valeri Zolotukhin: Kilin Aleksei Zharkov: Gladisev Yuri Dubrovin: Volkov Sergei Garmash: Miljaga Zinovy Gerdt: Moisei Stalin Marián Labuda: Opalikov Maria Vinogradova: Granny Dunia Tatyana Gerbachevskaya: Afrodita Lyubov Rudneva: Kapa Ivan Ryzhov: Shapkin Vyacheslav Molokov: General Drynov Nikolai Marchenko: Borisov Tatyana Agafonova: Ninka Tatyana Ozhurkova: Taika Galina Petrova: Zinaida Henryk Bista: Zhikin Aleksandr Ilin: Shikalov Aleksandr Kuzmichyov: Taldykin Sergey Batalov: Kurzov Igor Fokin: Lukov Irina Lazareva: Raisa Aleksandr Mokhov: Meleshko Olga Anokhina: Liushka Aleksandr Mazalov: Malakhov Josef Dalecky: Dottore Nastya Delgteva: Ragazza Aleksandr Garin: Svintsov Sergey Gabrielyan: Prokopov Igor Vetrov: Bukashev Vadim Zavyalov: Lapshin Vadim Lyubshin: Syrykh Oleg Demidov: Filiukov Mikhail Vaskov: Zavgorodnyi Aleksandr Pashkovsky: Peskov Vladimir Goryushin: Iartsev Valeri Nikolayev: Balashov Valeri Yeryomenko: Samushkin Yevgeni Sokolov: Telephonist Konstantin Chepurin: Telephonist Ilja Racek: Kilin
Music by	Jiří Šust
Cinematography	Jaromír Šofr
Release dates	October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Russia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France, Italy

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.^[1] 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.

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.

Cast

• Gennady Nazarov – Ivan Chonkin
• Zoya Buryak – Nyura
• Vladimir Ilyin – Golubev
• Aleksei Zharkov – Gladishev
• Valeri Zolotukhin – Kilin
• Zinovy Gerdt – Moisei Stalin
• Sergei Garmash – Milyaga
• Maria Vinogradova – Granny Dunia
• Yuri Dubrovin – Volkov
• Marián Labuda – Opalikov
• Aleksandr Garin – Svintsov

References

Further reading

• Menzel, Jirí (November 1995). "The art of laughter and survival". Index on Censorship. 24 (6): 119–122. doi:10.1080/03064229508536003. 

External links

• Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin at the Internet Movie Database