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Cast

Shukhrat Kayumov

Shukhrat Kayumov

Abdulladzhan - alien

Tuti Yusupova

Tuti Yusupova

Holida-aka - Bazarbai's wife

Radzhab Adashev

Radzhab Adashev

Bazarbai

Tuychi Aripov

Tuychi Aripov

Rais-ota - collective farm chairman

Dzhavlon Khamrayev

Dzhavlon Khamrayev

Yuldash

Khodzhiakbar Nurmatov

Khodzhiakbar Nurmatov

Hasanbai

Jamol Hoshimov

Jamol Hoshimov

Matkaul

Sergey Dreyden

Sergey Dreyden

airplane pilot

Galina Lukovnikova-Mamedova

Galina Lukovnikova-Mamedova

village resident

Abror Tursunov

Abror Tursunov

шофер председателя

Ergash Muminov

Ergash Muminov

Boltobay - Bazarbai's son

Vladimir Menshov

Vladimir Menshov

Ivan Ivanovich Nakhlobuchko - general

Vladimir Tsvetov

Vladimir Tsvetov

Vladimir Tsvetov - tv journalist

O. Ibragimova

O. Ibragimova

Shakhlo

Yulduz Khamidova

Yulduz Khamidova

Bazarbai's daughter

Barno Qodirova

Barno Qodirova

Bazarbai's daughter

Valeri Tsvetkov

Valeri Tsvetkov

Gennadios Patsis

Gennadios Patsis

militsiya officer near the gate

Stanislav Falko

Stanislav Falko

collective farm deputy chairman

Nuriddin Mamutov

Nuriddin Mamutov

Makhmud Gafurzhanov

Makhmud Gafurzhanov

A. Madazimov

A. Madazimov

T. Boltobaev

T. Boltobaev

Ulmas Yusupov

Ulmas Yusupov

Amajan - militsiya major

Shavkat Boltobaev

Shavkat Boltobaev

Maksud Atabaev

Maksud Atabaev

village resident (uncredited)

Khusan Musabayev

Khusan Musabayev

Bazarbai's relative (uncredited)

Grigoriy Kim

Grigoriy Kim

mr. To Yama - representative Geisha corporation (uncredited)

Zulfikar Musakov

Zulfikar Musakov

Amatjan - militsiya officer (uncredited)

Rafik Yusupov

Rafik Yusupov

Holmirza (uncredited)

Tursunboy Iminov

Tursunboy Iminov

village resident (uncredited)

Boris Kostenko

Boris Kostenko

TV presenter of the program «TSN»

Dias Rahmatov

Dias Rahmatov

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Crew

Rihsivoy Mukhamedzhanov

Rihsivoy Mukhamedzhanov

Screenplay

Zulfikar Musakov

Zulfikar Musakov

Screenplay

Zulfikar Musakov

Zulfikar Musakov

Director

Khamza Kadzhikulov

Khamza Kadzhikulov

Production Design

Farhad Abdusaidov

Farhad Abdusaidov

Production Manager

A. Shkarin

A. Shkarin

Visual Effects Camera

R. Rasulov

R. Rasulov

VFX Artist

N. Mamutov

N. Mamutov

Administration

M. Sultankhodzhaev

M. Sultankhodzhaev

Assistant Director

Boris Vasilenko

Boris Vasilenko

Visual Effects Camera

Grigoriy Kim

Grigoriy Kim

Co-Director

Ergash Muminov

Ergash Muminov

Assistant Director

Mirkhalil Makhmudov

Mirkhalil Makhmudov

Original Music Composer

D. Zhemchugova

D. Zhemchugova

Costume Design

Vyacheslav Shin

Vyacheslav Shin

Sound Director

Aleksandr Travitskiy

Aleksandr Travitskiy

Still Photographer

T. Boltobaev

T. Boltobaev

Administration

Ulmaskhon Temirova

Ulmaskhon Temirova

Lead Editor

Galina Geydelbakh

Galina Geydelbakh

Makeup Designer

A. Shaymardanov

A. Shaymardanov

Assistant Director

Dmitriy Sideras

Dmitriy Sideras

VFX Artist

S. Khudaiberdyev

S. Khudaiberdyev

Thanks

Mutobar Asadullaeva

Mutobar Asadullaeva

Assistant Editor

Muzallar Zakirov

Muzallar Zakirov

Camera Operator

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

In Memory Of

Roziya Mergenbaeva

Roziya Mergenbaeva

Script Editor

Talgat Mansurov

Talgat Mansurov

Director of Photography

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Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg

19925.9 / 1089 min
Comedy, Science Fiction

Overview

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.