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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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Based on a banned novel by Vladimir Voinovic. A simple-minded but kindhearted soldier stands guard in a remote village.

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07/31/2013 It's just great as it is :-) See more 02/28/2009 "With guns we don't have a problem, we've quite a lot of them....... but no bullets." :-) See more Read all reviews
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Jirí Menzel

Director

Gennadiy Nazarov

Ivan Chonkin

Zoya Buryak

Njura

Vladimir Ilin

Golubev

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Kilin

Zinovi Gerdt

Stalin
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Synopsis Based on a banned novel by Vladimir Voinovic. A simple-minded but kindhearted soldier stands guard in a remote village.
Director
Jirí Menzel
Producer
Eric Abraham, Katya Krausova
Screenwriter
Zdenek Sverák, Vladimir Vojnovich
Production Co
Domenico Procacci, Fandango, Channel Four Films, Centre National de la Cinematographie, La Sept, Portobello Pictures, Canal+, Studio Trite, MK2 Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Czech
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 9, 1994, Original
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Mono