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Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

56 %|Jul 13, 1992|Comedy, Science Fiction

Considering that Musakov’s Abdulladzhan (1991) was dedicated to Steven Spielberg, we might suggest that these four boys embody nothing more complicated than a conflict of youthful innocence with some ominous threat—the basic workings of E.T. (1982) or War of the Worlds (2005), say. That threat, however, is best understood not through vague nationalism or warmed-over socialism, but through the other reference-point of Abdulladzhan—Tarkovskii’s Stalker (1980). Musakov leaves his boys in a simplified radiance so bright and so overexposed that it no longer looks like the skies of sunny Tashkent, but a disturbing, borderless luminosity to match the flat tonal range of Stalker’s “Zone.” Our Uzbek boys are nowhere in particular; this is a broader domain than anything international.

Featured Crew

Zulfikar Musakov
Director
Zulfikar Musakov
Screenplay
Rihsivoy Mukhamedzhanov
Screenplay
T. Boltobaev
Administration
N. Mamutov
Administration
Mirkhalil Makhmudov
Original Music Composer
Ulmaskhon Temirova
Lead Editor
Khamza Kadzhikulov
Production Design

Cast

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Shukhrat Kayumov
Abdulladzhan - alien
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Tuti Yusupova
Holida-aka - Bazarbai's wife
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Tuychi Aripov
Rais-ota - collective farm chairman
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Sergei Dreiden
airplane pilot
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Abror Tursunov
шофер председателя
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Ergash Muminov
Boltobay - Bazarbai's son
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Vladimir Menshov
Ivan Ivanovich Nakhlobuchko - general
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Vladimir Tsvetov
Vladimir Tsvetov - tv journalist
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Yulduz Khamidova
Bazarbai's daughter
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Barno Qodirova
Bazarbai's daughter
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Gennadios Patsis
militsiya officer near the gate
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Stanislav Falko
collective farm deputy chairman
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Ulmas Yusupov
Amajan - militsiya major
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Maksud Atabaev
village resident (uncredited)
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Khusan Musabayev
Bazarbai's relative (uncredited)
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Grigoriy Kim
mr. To Yama - representative Geisha corporation (uncredited)
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Zulfikar Musakov
Amatjan - militsiya officer (uncredited)
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Rafik Yusupov
Holmirza (uncredited)
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Tursunboy Iminov
village resident (uncredited)
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Boris Kostenko
TV presenter of the program «TSN»
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Dias Rahmatov
Hairdresser (uncredited)