Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole
Movie| Title | Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс |
| User score | 6.2 |
| Release date | Mar 25, 1990 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Maxim Pezhemsky |
| Production country | Soviet Union |
| Production companies | Lenfilm |
| Run time | 24 min. |
A satiric comedy which dissects the iconography of the 'Soviet Hero'. Original footage of a propaganda film from 1941 is the starting point for this parody of the ideological cliches of Soviet cinema. It follows the story of a Russian crew across the North Pole.
