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Kin-dza-dza!

  • 19861986
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
41,588
20,300
Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
ComedyDramaSci-Fi
Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
41,588
20,300
  • Director
    • Georgiy Daneliya
  • Writers
    • Georgiy Daneliya
    • Revaz Gabriadze
  • Stars
    • Stanislav Lyubshin
    • Evgeniy Leonov
    • Yuriy Yakovlev
Top credits
  • Director
    • Georgiy Daneliya
  • Writers
    • Georgiy Daneliya
    • Revaz Gabriadze
  • Stars
    • Stanislav Lyubshin
    • Evgeniy Leonov
    • Yuriy Yakovlev
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Evgeniy Leonov and Yuriy Yakovlev in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Georgiy Daneliya and Olga Mashnaya in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Levan Gabriadze and Stanislav Lyubshin in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Levan Gabriadze and Stanislav Lyubshin in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Evgeniy Leonov in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
    Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
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    Levan Gabriadze in Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

    Top cast

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    Stanislav Lyubshin
    Stanislav Lyubshin
    • Vladimir Nikolaevich Mashkov - 'Uncle Vova'
    Evgeniy Leonov
    Evgeniy Leonov
    • Wef - The Wandering Chatlanian Singer
    Yuriy Yakovlev
    Yuriy Yakovlev
    • Bee - the wandering Patsak singer
    Levan Gabriadze
    Levan Gabriadze
    • Gedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze - 'Fiddler'
    Olga Mashnaya
    Olga Mashnaya
    • Decont - a teleportation officer at Alpha
    Irina Shmelyova
    Irina Shmelyova
    • Tsan - The Desert Stage-Cart Driver
    • (as Irina Shmeleva)
    Lev Perfilov
    Lev Perfilov
    • Kyrr - the Chatlanian-dissident
    Anatoliy Serenko
    Anatoliy Serenko
    • The Space Drifter From Uzm
    • (as A.Serenko)
    Aleksandra Dorokhina
    Aleksandra Dorokhina
    • The Huge Woman at Subway Station
    • (as A. Dorokhina)
    Olesya Ivanova
    Olesya Ivanova
    • A Fat Woman Settled Under the Ferris Wheel
    • (as O. Ivanova)
    Tatyana Novitskaya
    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)
    Valentin Bukin
    Valentin Bukin
    • A Desert-Patrol Ecilopp
    • (as V.Bukin)
    Yuriy Voronkov
    Yuriy Voronkov
    • The Bearded Big Man at Subway Station
    • (as Y. Voronkov)
    Nikolay Garo
    • Lord PG - the Pluk planet dictator
    • (as N.Garo)
    • Director
      • Georgiy Daneliya
    • Writers
      • Georgiy Daneliya
      • Revaz Gabriadze
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Half the dialogue was ad-libbed.
    • Quotes

      Uef: If I have a little KETSE, I have the right to wear yellow pants, and any Patsak should squat twice before me, not once. If a have a lot of KETSE, I have the right to wear crimson pants, so any Patsak should squat twice, any Chatlanin should make "ku", and Etsilopp can't beat me at night...

    • Connections
      Featured in Ravnyaetsya odnomu Gaftu (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Strangers in the Night
      (uncredited)

      Written by Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder

      Performed by Levan Gabriadze

    User reviews55

    Review
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    Featured review
    10/10
    Great thinking movie
    One of my favorite best. Saw it when if first came out in theaters, and then saw it again and again... The film-making is very good, however the technical problems with camera work and poor quality of the film itself did not help. Slow and deliberate pacing at times this movie gets under your skin if you are paying attention. Open mind for this movie is a must. What makes this movie great is unbelievable social satire. In short, you got to see it several times to believe it. This movie forced critical thinking in USSR circa 1986, and it still makes you ponder things in US circa 2005. Dealing with humanistic topics such as social hierarchy, lowest common denominator, human resilience and so on, this movie should be recognized on par with the classics of Felini and Tarkovsky.
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    • nemo6321
    • Mar 3, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1986 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Georgian
      • Russian
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Кін-дза-дза!
    • Filming locations
      • 26 New Arbat Avenue, Moscow, Russia
    • Production company
      • Mosfilm
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,902
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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