Начальник Чукотки (1966)

A polar and funny mix of absurdities of fate together with the prejudices - of communism, it is true - but also extravagances of the sudden involuntary hero Aleksey Bychkov acquired in the icy Russian autonomous region of Chukotka, give this arctic comedy an unparalleled charm; The naive Tomofei Khramov confused the young boy with Mikhailovich Glazkov because in the rush of Arctic blizzards he only read the letter carried by Kononov's character who only wanted to reach Ascension Bay and accompanied the accidentally killed Glazkov with his sleds and Siberian huskies; Khramov thought he detected Glazkov coming incognito because of the Russian civil war, in reality he mistook him from 200 miles back, LOL. The old registrar did what he had done before for Admiral Kolchak, for Stenson, Klebyulkhanov... he showed the boy the statutes, then the surroundings with the inhabitants whose language is indiscernible for Glazkov. We can already imagine the sinister but truly comical metaphor that comes to life here, right? It is the parable of populist governments like that of Venezuela or Mexico in reality, that is, a government for idiots to whom things are only given as a gift in order to sing their patriotic praises and stand firm with the government and the party that supports them. feed. And here it all started, when he saw the warehouse with provisions, and had the old registrar open it: sugar, salt, flour and even ammunition. Immediately the boy went crazy. Maddened, in fact, despite Khramov's reluctant opposition, the boy began to distribute the entire harsh winter's provisions among the Chukchis and Yupiks of the local oblast. The newcomer did not care, not even that old Khramov reminded him that the locals, out of hunger, ate their own dogs last winter due to the scarcity of gas and food in this polar latitude. Excited, after giving them provisions, he headed towards the locals and through the snow he made them sing the International "Podtyagivai, товарищи! Товарищи в борьбе! течью Проложим путь тебе!" ...(Get up comrades, in the fight, we will open the way for you with bayonet and shrapnel...). IN his imaginative and confused head, he assumed that the local Koriaks and Chuvans would provide him with a dog sled to continue his journey. Hahaha, the whole small community was excited that someone just gave and they wouldn't let him go, but first they showed him their native festivities through Comrade Vukvutagin, the only one of them who spoke Russian. We are very happy with his government, so we cannot let him go hahaha. The story took on an aspect of the magical realism type of García Márquez's stories, because instead of letting him go and, noticing his visible dissatisfaction with being confined in the community like old Khramov, whom he fed behind bars with fish without Come on, the Ougareños took him a woman as a wife and she was supposed to be a good girl and also sings. The boy rants to Stenson with whom he meets in the spring, while they are pulling his prisoner boat, that is, old Kharmov, Vukvutagin and him. They hold an unsuccessful meeting on the boat of the newcomer to the coast. Unsuccessful because a prejudiced Bolshevik communist will never understand a petty and bourgeois capitalist, that is evident. Later, while Timothiev Khamov continues to be caged, and takes off his clothes and throws them at young Glazkov, he asks him why are you so angry Timotiv, if the people's money is intact? It was of no use to the boy to persist in his proto-communism since Stenson immediately arrived on the coast with phonographs, tablecloths, gas lamps and other belongings and immediately the entire oblast found out and spread the news far and wide, well, soon Mr. Emushasan from Japan, displaying his royalty with men rowing in his boot until he approached and offered 40 percent and other things like calicoes, bricks. Glazkov dedicated himself to finding out about China's exchange rate due to its political instability due to the revolution and he gave in to dollars even though they stunk to the Americans. Soon international merchants protested and gathered to take legal action against Glazkov's misdeeds and crimes, calling on Colonel Petukhov to bring him to heel. In his ignorance, Glazkov wants to erect a monument to Glazkov, to himself or to the one who died on the journey before arriving with Khramov? and he thinks that the locals whom he calls the proletariat will help him. That's when Colonel Petujov ambushed Glazkov's quarters and had to escape with Khramov to the sea to ask the Americans for asylum. It is comical the way in which at the embassy or border post they carry out the errands for the boy through a gramophone from a distance. Highly recommended.