The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994): Cast
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin is a 1994 comedy drama directed by Jiří Menzel, starring Gennadiy Nazarov as Ivan Chonkin, Sergey Garmash and Galina Petrova. It runs 1 hour 46 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 46m (106 min)
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Original language
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Russian - Studio
- Domenico Procacci
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin About?
The premise of The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin without spoilers.
Set in a tiny Ukrainian village at the start of the 1941 war with Germany, the dim‑witted Private Ivan Chonkin is assigned to guard a downed aircraft. Abandoned by his superiors, he seizes the chance to court the village postmistress, Njura, until the local militia finally catch wind of his antics.
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Themes & Keywords
· 49 tags- literature on screen
- name in title
- foreign language adaptation
- low brow humor
- russian literature on screen
- 20th century literature on screen
- humoristic literature on screen
- russian humoristic literature on screen
- satire comedy
- military
- 1940s
- torture
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- spy
- secretary
- secret service
- sadist
- refusing to be arrested
- postal clerk
- politics
- police
- policeman
- people's commissariat of internal affairs
- neighbor
- letter
- reference to joseph stalin
- jew
- insubordination
- general
- filing fingernails
- farm
- fantasy sequence
- false accusation
- controversy
- bureaucracy
- arrest
- anonymous letter
- airplane
- world war two
- uniform
- stalinism
- soldier
- simple man
- satire
- russian soldier
- plane wreck
- military spoof
- year 1941
- based on novel
- character name in title
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Cast & Characters
Gennadiy Nazarov leads the cast as Ivan Chonkin, with Sergey Garmash as Milyaga and Galina Petrova as Zinaida. Directed by Jiří Menzel; 43 actors are credited in all.
- Director Jiří Menzel
- Gennadiy Nazarov as Ivan Chonkin
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Sergey Garmash as Milyaga -
Galina Petrova as Zinaida - Mariya Vinogradova as Granny Dunya
Also Starring in The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
· 39 more- Zinoviy Gerdt Stalin
- Vladimir Ilin Golubev
- Henryk Bista Zhikin
- Aleksandr Ilin Shikalov
- Ivan Ryzhov Shapkin
- Marián Labuda Opalikov
- Aleksei Zharkov Gladyshev
- Valeriy Zolotukhin Kilin
- Yuriy Dubrovin Volkov
- Zoya Buryak Nyura
- Sergey Batalov Kurzov
- Sergey Gabrielyan Prokopov
- Sergei Stepanchenko Butch
- Aleksandr Kuzmichyov Taldykin
- Aleksandr Mokhov Meleshko
- Valery Nikolaev Balashev
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- Tatyana Agafonova Ninka
- Mikhail Vaskov Zavgorodnyi
- Vladimir Goryushin Yartsev
- Lyubov Rudneva Kapa
- Igor Vetrov Bukashev
- Igor Fokin Lukov
- Konstantin Chepurin 2nd Telephonist
- Aleksandr Pashkovskiy Peskov
- Olga Anokhina Liyushka
- Aleksandr Garin Svintsov
- Irina Lazareva Raisa
- Vyacheslav Molokov General Drynov
- Valeriy Yaremenko Samushkin
- Tatyana Gerbachevskaya Afrodita
- Mykola Marchenko Borisov
- Tatyana Oshurkova Tayka
- Aleksandr Masalov Malakhov
- Josef Dalecký Doctor
- Vadim Zavyalov Lapshin
- Vadim Lyubshin Syrykh
- Oleg Demidov Filyukov
- Evgeniy Sokolov 1st Telephonist
- Anastasiya Delgteva Girl
More from Jiří Menzel
More films directed by Jiří Menzel: The Don Juans, One Moment, The End of Old Times and My Sweet Little Village.
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Also Known As
13 alternative titles, including “Солдат Иван Чонкин” and “Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina”.
- Also known as
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- Солдат Иван Чонкин
- Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina
- Soldato molto semplice Ivan Chonkin
- 伊凡的冒险生活
- Iván Csonkin közkatona élete és különleges kalandjai
- Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина
- Il soldato molto semplice Ivan Chonkin
- Iván Csonkin közlegény élete és különleges kalandjai
- Les Aventures d'ivan Tchonkine
- Život a neobyčajné dobrodružstvá vojaka Ivana Čonkina
- Vida e insólitas aventuras del soldado Iván Chomkin
- Die denkwürdigen Abenteuer des Soldaten Iwan Tschonkin
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- Życie i niezwykle przygody żołnierza Iwana Czonkina
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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin runs 1 hour 46 minutes (106 minutes).
When was The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin released?
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin was released on October 20, 1994.
Who directed The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin was directed by Jiří Menzel.
More films by Jiří Menzel Who is in the cast of The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin stars Gennadiy Nazarov as Ivan Chonkin, Sergey Garmash as Milyaga and Galina Petrova as Zinaida, among 43 credited actors.
Does The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin have a post-credit scene?
No. The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin in?
The original language of The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin is Russian.
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