The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin - Film

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In 1994, the book was made into a Russian-language film of the same title (Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина) by the famous Czech director Jiří Menzel. The film's Czech title is Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina.

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