Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg (1992)
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
Writer:
Zulfikar Musakov
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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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Radzhab Adashev as Bazarbai |
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Tuychi Aripov as Rais-ota - collective farm chairman |
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Dzhavlon Khamrayev as Yuldash |
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Khodzhiakbar Nurmatov as Hasanbai |
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Jamol Hoshimov as Matkaul |
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Sergey Dreyden as airplane pilot |
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Galina Lukovnikova-Mamedova as village resident |
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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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O. Ibragimova as Shakhlo |
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Yulduz Khamidova as Bazarbai's daughter |
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Barno Qodirova as Bazarbai's daughter |
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Valeri Tsvetkov as |
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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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Nuriddin Mamutov as |
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Makhmud Gafurzhanov as |
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A. Madazimov as |
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T. Boltobaev as |
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Ulmas Yusupov as Amajan - militsiya major |
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Shavkat Boltobaev as |
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Maksud Atabaev as village resident (uncredited) |
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Khusan Musabayev as Bazarbai's relative (uncredited) |
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Grigoriy Kim as mr. To Yama - representative Geisha corporation (uncredited) |
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Zulfikar Musakov as Amatjan - militsiya officer (uncredited) |
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Rafik Yusupov as Holmirza (uncredited) |
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Tursunboy Iminov as village resident (uncredited) |
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Boris Kostenko as TV presenter of the program «TSN» |
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Dias Rahmatov as Hairdresser (uncredited) |
| Writing | Zulfikar Musakov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Zulfikar Musakov | Director |
| Art | Khamza Kadzhikulov | Production Design |
| Production | Farhad Abdusaidov | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | A. Shkarin | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | R. Rasulov | VFX Artist |
| Production | N. Mamutov | Administration |
| Directing | M. Sultankhodzhaev | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Vasilenko | Visual Effects Camera |
| Directing | Grigoriy Kim | Co-Director |
| Directing | Ergash Muminov | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mirkhalil Makhmudov | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | D. Zhemchugova | Costume Design |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Shin | Sound Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Travitskiy | Still Photographer |
| Production | T. Boltobaev | Administration |
| Editing | Ulmaskhon Temirova | Lead Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Geydelbakh | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | A. Shaymardanov | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Dmitriy Sideras | VFX Artist |
| Crew | S. Khudaiberdyev | Thanks |
| Editing | Mutobar Asadullaeva | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Muzallar Zakirov | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Steven Spielberg | In Memory Of |
| Writing | Roziya Mergenbaeva | Script Editor |
| Camera | Talgat Mansurov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Rikhsivoy Muhammadjanov | Writer |
