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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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1994 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

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Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 46 min.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 2K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jiří Menzel

  • Gennadiy NazarovIvan Chonkin
  • Zoya BuryakNyura
  • Vladimir IlinGolubev
  • Valeriy ZolotukhinKilin
  • Aleksei ZharkovGladyshev
  • Yuriy DubrovinVolkov
  • Sergei StepanchenkoButch
  • Sergey GarmashMilyaga
  • Zinoviy GerdtStalin
  • Marián LabudaOpalikov