Chief of Chukotka (1966)

Original title

Начальник Чукотки

Directed by

Vitali Melnikov

Genre

adventure film, comedy drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

6+

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man is sent to a remote Soviet region to set up a government office during the early revolutionary period. He faces comical challenges and cultural clashes as he tries to establish order among the local people.

lightheartedquirkywhimsicalnostalgicbittersweetoffbeatadventurousunderstated

What happens

Chief of Chukotka (Russian: Начальник Чукотки, romanized: Nachalnik Chukotki) is a 1966 Soviet adventure comedy-drama film directed by Vitaly Melnikov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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