Kin-dza-dza!
Seen it?1986 | 135 min | Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone drawn to bleak, what-if futures and anyone who wants a laugh. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it. Shelve it next to Star Trek Into Darkness.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Zips along, at 2 hr 15 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 70%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 64K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Georgiy Daneliya
- Stanislav LyubshinVladimir Nikolaevich Mashkov - 'Uncle Vova'
- Evgeni LeonovWef - The Wandering Chatlanian Singer
- Yuriy YakovlevBee - The Wandering Patsak Singer
- Levan GabriadzeGedevan Alexandrovich Alexidze - 'Fiddler'
- Lev PerfilovKyrr - The Chatlanian-Dissident
- Irina ShmelevaTsan - The Desert Stage-Cart Driver
- Olga MashnayaDecont - A Teleportation Officer at Alpha
- Georgiy DaneliyaAbradox - The Governor of Alpha
- Aleksandra Dorokhinawoman in tunnel
- Galina Daneliya-YurkovaMashkov's wife