Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.

Director:

Georgiy Daneliya

Writers:

Georgiy Daneliya, Revaz Gabriadze

Stars:

Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeniy Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stanislav Lyubshin	...	Vladimir Nikolaevich Mashkov - 'Uncle Vova'
Evgeniy Leonov	...	Wef - The Wandering Chatlanian Singer
Yuriy Yakovlev	...	Bee - the wandering Patsak singer
Levan Gabriadze	...	Gedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze - 'Fiddler'
Olga Mashnaya	...	Decont - a teleportation officer at Alpha
Irina Shmelyova	...	Tsan - The Desert Stage-Cart Driver (as Irina Shmeleva)
Lev Perfilov	...	Kyrr - the Chatlanian-dissident
Anatoliy Serenko	...	The Space Drifter From Uzm (as A.Serenko)
Aleksandra Dorokhina	...	The Huge Woman at Subway Station (as A. Dorokhina)
Olesya Ivanova	...	A Fat Woman Settled Under the Ferris Wheel (as O. Ivanova)
Tatyana Novitskaya	...	The Presentation Crystal Owner (as T. Novitskaya)
Tatyana Perfileva	...	An old woman in a subway cart (as T.Perfilyeva)
Lyudmila Solodenko	...	A Swarthy Woman Settled Under the Ferris Wheel (as L. Solodenko)
Galina Daneliya-Yurkova	...	Lyudmila Mashkova - 'Lucia' (as G. Yurkova)
Igor Bogolyubov	...	Lord PG's personal Patsak (as I.Bogolyubov)

Storyline

Kin-Dza-Dza is something like an "advanced cyberpunk film". It's a lot about people and social structures which on the planet of "Pluke" of course have many parallels to our society. It's a very funny movie, but it's also a melancholic movie with great philosophical sense.

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Plot Keywords:

matches | planet | galaxy | desert | husband wife relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie has been released on DVD in Russia but has gained virtually no notice elsewhere, with the exception of Japan. This is largely due to the fact that there was no official release of the movie with English subtitles for a long time. While the movie was in the making, a censorship threat emerged due to the use of the word Ku (Koo) which sounded like the initials "K. U." of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR at the time, K. U. Chernenko. Chernenko who assumed the leadership in 1984, died in 1985, and this removed the danger.

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Quotes

Violinist: Comrade, there's a man there who says he's an alien. We have to do something!
Vladimir Nikolayevich: Call the ambulance.

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Connections

Referenced in Khroniki volchiego perioda: Volchiy Armageddon (2010)

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Georgian Russian

Release Date:

1 December 1986 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Кин-Дза-Дза!

Filming Locations:

26 New Arbat Avenue, Moscow, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min (2 parts) 128 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1