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Private Ivan (1955)

Private Ivan poster
Original title
Солдат Иван Бровкин
Directed by
Ivan Lukinsky
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, musical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a rural village joins the army and gets into humorous situations as he learns to be a soldier. Along the way he tries to win the heart of the girl he left behind.

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What happens

Private Ivan (Russian: Солдат Иван Бровкин, romanized: Soldat Ivan Brovkin) is a 1955 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Ivan Lukinsky. The picture was seen by 40 million viewers in the USSR. The film was followed by the sequel Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm in 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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