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Many ideological films were shot in the USSR, and Vitaly Melnikov's film "Head of Chukotka" can be attributed to their category. Actor Mikhail Kononov plays in the comedy the main protagonist of the Red Army soldier Alexei Bychkov, who arrived in Chukotka as a commissar. The antagonist is the imperialist official Timofei Khramov. What kind of conflict will arise between the characters? And what adventures await Bychkov before he establishes legal Soviet power in Chukotka?
The creators of the picture
Films glorifying the Communist Party and ideologically savvy Red Army soldiers were not uncommon in the USSR. Adherents of imperialism and the white movement were mercilessly ridiculed or exposed as low people, and adherents of the party, on the contrary, were highly moral heroes. A similar situation is in the film "Chief of Chukotka".
Actor Mikhail Kononov played the "correct" in every sense commissar Alexei Bychkov, who came to Chukotka to fight the remnants of imperialism. And his opponent was the royal official of the Temples, mercilessly robbing the local population.
The film was directed by Vitaly Melnikov in 1966. Melnikov is also the director of the popular Soviet comedy The Seven Brides of Corporal Zbruev and the film adaptation of N. Gogol's The Marriage.
The script for the film "Head of Chukotka" was written by Vladimir Valutsky. Subsequently, he also became the author of the screenplay for the Soviet hit "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." Behind the camera was Eduard Rozovsky, who filmed Amphibian Man and White Sun of the Desert.
"Head of Chukotka": actors and roles. Plot Summary
The protagonist of the film is Alexei Bychkov, clerk of the revolutionary committee. He goes to Chukotka on his own business, and he is accompanied by Commissar Alexei Glazkov, who is ordered to establish Soviet power in the region mentioned. However, on the way Glazkov dies of typhoid fever. Then Aleksey Bychkov, considering it his duty to continue the work of a like-minded person, takes his mandate and appoints himself governor of Chukotka.
At the new place, Bychkov begins to establish his own rules: he distributes food to the Chukchi for free, and takes a large duty from foreign merchants. Foreign entrepreneurs do not want to give 40% of sales to the treasury of the local "governor". Therefore, they incite the counter-revolutionary Cossacks to revolt andexpelled the Soviet government from the Chukchi lands.
The uprising is going well. Bychkov has to flee from Chukotka. But he also has to take with him the entire treasury of the region so that it is not wasted. Thus, the main character finds himself in Alaska with a million in his hands.
While Bychkov is looking for a way to return from the US to the USSR, he is found in the States by the former tsarist customs officer Khrams, who previously was in charge of affairs in Chukotka. Timofey Khramov is trying to take money from Bychkov, but nothing comes of it. In the finale, the former head of Chukotka and a faithful servant of the revolution returns to his native Soviet Union, and the treasured million goes to the state treasury.
The film "Head of Chukotka": actors and roles. Mikhail Kononov as Alexey Bychkov
Mikhail Kononov began acting in films in 1963. At first, he was only trusted with supporting roles, but the picture “Head of Chukotka” changed everything. The actor first got the lead role. And he succeeded so well that subsequently Kononov became a sought-after and recognizable artist.
Mikhail played Alyosha Semyonov in the film "There is no ford in the fire." This film won the top prize at the Swiss International Film Festival. In 1968, Kononov embodied on the screens the image of the commander of the self-propelled guns Alexander Maleshkin in the military drama "In War as in War." And in 1972 he played a history teacher in the melodramatic comedy Big Break.
Starting from the 80s, Kononov appeared in films less and less. The last role of the artist was associated with Gleb Panfilov's television series "In the First Circle" (screen adaptationwork of the same name by A. Solzhenitsyn).
Aleksey Gribov as collegiate registrar Khramov
Aleksey Gribov played the role of a negative character in the film "Head of Chukotka". The actor appeared in the image of a collegiate registrar Khramov, who was in charge of customs in Chukotka during the time of the tsarist regime.
When Aleksey Bychkov arrived in the region as a manager, Khramov prevented the establishment of new orders in every possible way. Bychkov even had to arrest the tsarist official, but then he released him and took him as a consultant on economic affairs.
When Bychkov was forced to flee, Khramov followed him to take part of the Chukchi treasury. But Bychkov tricked Khramov around his finger and returned to the USSR with the full amount of money.
Aleksey Gribov can also be seen in the films "Collapse of the Empire", "Love Yarovaya" and "Zigzag of Fortune".
Other role players
The famous Soviet actor Nikolai Volkov ("Scarlet Sails") also honored the film "Head of Chukotka" with his presence. Actors N. Volkov and M. Ivanov played the Americans - the characters of the opposing side. In addition, Joseph Konopatsky, Oscar Lind and Arkady Trusov can be seen in the frame.
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