Kin-Dza-Dza (1986)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Georgi Daneliya

Writers:

Georgi Daneliya (writer)
Revaz Gabriadze (writer)

Release Date:

12 January 1991 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Kin-Dza-Dza is something like an "advanced cyberpunk film". It's a lot about people and social structures...

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Outer Space | Cult Favorite | Soviet | Surrealism

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Stanislav Lyubshin	...	Vladimir Nikolaevich Mashkov (Uncle Vova)
Evgeni Leonov	...	Wef (Chatlanian)
Yuriy Yakovlev	...	Bi, Patsak
Levan Gabriadze	...	Gedevan Aleksandrovich (Fiddler)
Olga Mashnaya	...	Decont (from Alpha)
Irina Shmelyova	...	Tsan (the cart-driving Patsak girl)
Lev Perfilov	...	Kyrr (the Chatlanian dissident)
Anatoli Serenko	...	Aralai - the barefoot wanderer from Uzm (as A.Serenko)
Aleksandra Dorokhina	...	Colossal Woman - On the subway station (as A.Dorokhina)
Galina Daneliya-Yurkova	...	Lyudmila Mashkova (Uncle Vova's wife) (as G.Yurkova)
Anatoli Martynov		(as A.Martynov)
Victor Marenkov	...	Charg - the Patsak watchman ("Gimme something more") (as V.Marenkov)
Rezo Khobua	...	(credit only) (as R.Khobua)
Igor Bogolyubov	...	Lord PG's Personal Patsak (as I.Bogolyubov)
Valentin Bukin	...	Proon (ecilop with a black moustache) (as V.Bukin)

Also Known As:

Кин-Дза-Дза (Soviet Union: Russian title)

Runtime:

Soviet Union:135 min (2 parts) | 128 min (DVD)

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Georgian | Russian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Mosfilm

Quotes:

Bi, Patsak: Skripach, instead of thinkin' you're the first Georgian cosmonaut and you'll be awarded by Nobel prize, you'd better put back the spoon you've stolen from the poor artists.

Do you want to laugh about capitalism in another planet?

Please, before seeing this film, let your political ideologies outside the room and just prepare to laugh with this original pearl.

It's fairly unknown outside Russia, and sometimes I wonder if I'm the only Spaniard having seen it....I hope not, such a pity!.

This film is a complete classic in Russia and has even transformed local talking, so don't be surprised if you walk one day by the streets of Moscow and you see two friends who meet and say "Koo!" each other, or if someone is bothering and he is sent away by an "Violinist players, we don't need them!".

The story is fantastic and engaged. It's one of those films who makes you laugh and sit for a while thinking about life. Maybe you don't agree to everything but is worth the reflexion. The filming is direct and simple (you're going to laugh, but not for the same reasons, special effect's lovers) and the acting is superb.

One of the best comedies ever made in Russia.