Kin-Dza-Dza
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Kin-Dza-Dza (Кин-Дза-Дза in Russian, pronounced "Kin-Dzuh-DZUH") was a 1986 Soviet science fiction film released by the Mosfilm studio and directed by Georgi Daneliya, with a story by Georgi Daneliya and Revaz Gabriadze. The movie was filmed in color and runs for 135 minutes. It can be considered a cult film, especially among Russians, and is credited for lots of funny quotes.
Plot
The story takes place on the desert planet "Plyuk" (pronounced "Plewk") in the "Kin-Dza-Dza" galaxy, where two humans - Uncle Vova and Fiddler - are accidentally stranded due to an alien teleportation device. The movie describes their long quest to find a way back home.The natives of the planet appear human, with deceptively primitive-looking technology and a barbaric culture, which satirically resembles that of humans. They are telepathic; the only spoken words normally used in their culture are “koo” and “kew”, the latter being a swear word. The society of Plyuk is divided into two categories: Chatlanians and Patsaks. Chatlanians are privileged, and a system of rituals must be followed by the Patsaks to show flattery. The basis of their difference is unexplainable (a source of a humorous episode), and for all practical matters they are distinguished with aid of a small handheld device (visator).
The only group empowered to use weapons (“tranklyukators”) and enforce their will appears to be etsylopps. The nominal leader of the Plyukian society is named Pe-Zhe; The Fiddler and Uncle Vova briefly encounter him sitting in a spa in his private premises. He appears dumb and does not demonstrate any willpower when they force their way from the underground prison to find a way home. The fuel of Plyuk is called lootz and is made from water. All naturally present water has apparently been processed into lootz, so drinking water is a valuable commodity (in fact, it can only be made from lootz).
A good deal of the plot is based the fact that ordinary matchsticks (kts) (or, rather, the chemicals of the match head) are extremely precious.
Plyukans dictionary
- Kts (pronounced "ke-tze") — matches
- Chatl — money
- Tsak — litle bell, used as a nose piercing to indicate the low social status
- Pepelats — spacecraft
- Gravytsapa — important pepelats gear
- Lootz — a pepelats fuel, made of water
- Kappa — a button
- Etsikh — box for prisoners
- Etsylopp — a policeman (it is in fact a word "police" spelled backwards)
- Kew — only one available swear word
- Ku — all other words
Video
The movie has been released on DVD in Russia but has gained virtually no notice elsewhere. This is largely due to the fact that there is no official release of the movie with English subtitles. This has led many people to illegally download copies of the movie from popular peer-to-peer services, where it can easily be found. Most English-speaking people who have seen the movie have used the "fan subtitles" here: [part 1], [part 2] and [here].There are currently no plans to release the DVD in the United States or Europe.
Cast
- Stanislav Lyubshin - Vladimir Nikolayevich Mashkov (Uncle Vova)
- Levan Gabriadze - Gedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze (Fiddler)
- Yevgeny Leonov - Uef
- Yury Yakovlev - Bi
- Olga Mashnaya - Dekont (from the planet Alpha)
- Irina Shmelyova - Tachanochnitsa
- Lev Perfilov - Kyrr dissident chatlanin with a transglukator
- Anatoli Sirenko
- Georgy Daneliya - Abradox (from the planet Alpha)
- Aleksandra Dorokhina
- Galina Daneliya-Yurkova
- Alexander Martynov
- Valentin Marenkov
- Rezo Khobua
- Lev Perfilov
- Igor Bogolyubov
- Valentin Bukin - mustached etzilop in the egg-shaped pepelatz
- Valentin Golubenko
- Alexander Litovkin
- Valentin Marenkov
- Tatyana Novitskaya
- Vladimir Fyodorov - ''Yellow pants"
- Rene Khobua - was not in the cast, but present in subtitles
- Harry Schweiz
- Galina Yurkova - Galina Daneliya-Yurkova
- Gennady Yalovich - one-handed contrabandist, has green pants
- Y. Voronkov
- N. Garo
- G. Ivanov
- O. Ivanova
- I. Kan
- O. Matveyev
- V. Makhmutov
- T. Perfilyeva
- L. Solodenko
- V. Frolov
See also
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