Movie: The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

Top 10 Billed Cast

Gennadiy Nazarov
Геннадий Назаров

Ivan Chonkin

Zoya Buryak
Зоя Буряк

Nyura

Vladimir Ilin
Владимир Ильин

Golubev

Valeriy Zolotukhin
Валерий Золотухин

Kilin

Aleksei Zharkov
Алексей Жарков

Gladyshev

Yuriy Dubrovin
Юрий Дубровин

Volkov

Sergei Stepanchenko
Сергей Степанченко

Butch

Sergey Garmash
Сергей Гармаш

Milyaga

Zinoviy Gerdt
Зиновий Гердт

Stalin

Marián Labuda
Marián Labuda

Opalikov

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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.

  • Release Date

    1994-10-20

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    Pусский
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