Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
1992/07/13 • Released • Russian, Uzbek
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.
Director : Zulfikar Musakov
Casts
Shukhrat Kayumov
Abdulladzhan - alien
Tuti Yusupova
Holida-aka - Bazarbai's wife
Radzhab Adashev
Bazarbai
Tuychi Aripov
Rais-ota - collective farm chairman
Dzhavlon Khamrayev
Yuldash
Khodzhiakbar Nurmatov
Hasanbai
Jamol Hoshimov
Matkaul
Sergey Dreyden
airplane pilot
Galina Lukovnikova-Mamedova
village resident
Abror Tursunov
шофер председателя
Ergash Muminov
Boltobay - Bazarbai's son
Vladimir Menshov
Ivan Ivanovich Nakhlobuchko - general
Vladimir Tsvetov
Vladimir Tsvetov - tv journalist
O. Ibragimova
Shakhlo
Yulduz Khamidova
Bazarbai's daughter
Barno Qodirova
Bazarbai's daughter
Valeri Tsvetkov
Gennadios Patsis
militsiya officer near the gate
Stanislav Falko
collective farm deputy chairman
Ulmas Yusupov
Amajan - militsiya major
Maksud Atabaev
village resident (uncredited)
Khusan Musabayev
Bazarbai's relative (uncredited)
Grigoriy Kim
mr. To Yama - representative Geisha corporation (uncredited)
Zulfikar Musakov
Amatjan - militsiya officer (uncredited)
Rafik Yusupov
Holmirza (uncredited)
Tursunboy Iminov
village resident (uncredited)
Boris Kostenko
TV presenter of the program «TSN»
Dias Rahmatov
Hairdresser (uncredited)
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