Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
(1992)

Released: 1992-07-13

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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.

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Shukhrat Kayumov

as Abdulladzhan - alien

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Tuti Yusupova

as Holida-aka - Bazarbai's wife

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Tuychi Aripov

as Rais-ota - collective farm chairman

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Sergey Dreyden

as airplane pilot

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Abror Tursunov

as шофер председателя

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Ergash Muminov

as Boltobay - Bazarbai's son

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Vladimir Menshov

as Ivan Ivanovich Nakhlobuchko - general

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Vladimir Tsvetov

as Vladimir Tsvetov - tv journalist

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Yulduz Khamidova

as Bazarbai's daughter

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Barno Qodirova

as Bazarbai's daughter

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Gennadios Patsis

as militsiya officer near the gate

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Stanislav Falko

as collective farm deputy chairman

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A. Shkarin

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Mirkhalil Makhmudov

Original Music Composer

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D. Zhemchugova

Costume Design

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Vyacheslav Shin

Sound Director

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A. Shaymardanov

Assistant Director

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M. Sultankhodzhaev

Assistant Director

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N. Mamutov

Administration

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Farhad Abdusaidov

Production Manager

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Grigoriy Kim

Co-Director

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Galina Geydelbakh

Makeup Designer

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Ergash Muminov

Assistant Director

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T. Boltobaev

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Boris Vasilenko

Visual Effects Camera

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