Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)
- Original title
- The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
- Directed by
- Jiří Menzel
- Genre
- comedy film, war film, satirical film
- Country
- Czech Republic, Russia, United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A simple Russian soldier gets accidentally forgotten by his army and ends up living with a country woman. Soviet bureaucracy and small town life collide in a series of awkward and funny situations during World War Two.
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What happens
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Russian: Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина, Czech: Žvot a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina) is a 1994 war comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the first two books of Vladimir Voinovich's novel trilogy of the same name. An international co-production between Russia, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, it entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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