The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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.

Director: Jiří Menzel

Cast

Gennadiy Nazarov

Ivan Chonkin

Zoya Buryak

Nyura

Vladimir Ilin

Golubev

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Kilin

Aleksei Zharkov

Gladyshev

Yuriy Dubrovin

Volkov

Sergei Stepanchenko

Butch

Sergey Garmash

Milyaga