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.
Writing | Zdeněk Svěrák | Writer |
Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
Sound | Jiří Šust | Music |
Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
Production | Nikita Mikhalkov | Producer |
Production | Leonid Vereshchagin | Producer |
Production | Larisa Isaeva | Casting Director |
Camera | Miroslav Vránek | Camera Operator |
Directing | Jan Maxa | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunt Coordinator |
Writing | Vladimir Vojnovich | Novel |
Directing | Václav Hnát | Assistant Director |