Kin-dza-dza!
Directed by Georgiy Daneliya
Produced by Mosfilm
A surreal, darkly comedic Soviet sci-fi odyssey that uses alien absurdity and language barriers to satirize totalitarianism and human nature.
Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
Essence
Ensemble
Stanislav Lyubshin
Vladimir Nikolaevich Mashkov - 'Uncle Vova'
Evgeni Leonov
Wef - The Wandering Chatlanian Singer
Yuriy Yakovlev
Bee - The Wandering Patsak Singer
Levan Gabriadze
Gedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze - 'Fiddler'
Lev Perfilov
Kyrr - The Chatlanian-Dissident
Irina Shmeleva
Tsan - The Desert Stage-Cart Driver
Olga Mashnaya
Decont - A Teleportation Officer at Alpha
Georgiy Daneliya
Abradox - The Governor of Alpha
Aleksandra Dorokhina
woman in tunnel
Galina Daneliya-Yurkova
Mashkov's wife
Vladimir Fyodorov
Yellow Pants
Aleksandr Gorbachev
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