Abdulladzhan, or Dedicated to Steven Spielberg
1992Considering 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.
Acted in
Shukhrat Kayumov
as Abdulladzhan - alien
Tuti Yusupova
as Holida-aka - Bazarbai's wife
Radzhab Adashev
as Bazarbai
Tuychi Aripov
as Rais-ota - collective farm chairman
Dzhavlon Khamrayev
as Yuldash
Khodzhiakbar Nurmatov
as Hasanbai
Dzhamal Khashimov
as Matkaul
Sergey Dreyden
as airplane pilot
Galina Lukovnikova-Mamedova
as village resident
Abror Tursunov
as шофер председателя
Ergash Muminov
as Boltobay - Bazarbai's son
Vladimir Menshov
as Ivan Ivanovich Nakhlobuchko - general
Vladimir Tsvetov
as Vladimir Tsvetov - tv journalist
O. Ibragimova
as Shakhlo
Yulduz Khamidova
as Bazarbai's daughter
Barno Qodirova
as Bazarbai's daughter
Valeri Tsvetkov
Gennadios Patsis
as militsiya officer near the gate
Stanislav Falko
as collective farm deputy chairman
Nuriddin Mamutov
Makhmud Gafurzhanov
A. Madazimov
T. Boltobaev
Ulmas Yusupov
as Amajan - militsiya major
Shavkat Boltobaev
Maksud Atabaev
as village resident (uncredited)
Khusan Musabayev
as Bazarbai's relative (uncredited)
Grigoriy Kim
as mr. To Yama - representative Geisha corporation (uncredited)
Zulfikar Musakov
as Amatjan - militsiya officer (uncredited)
Rafik Yusupov
as Holmirza (uncredited)
Tursunboy Iminov
as village resident (uncredited)
Boris Kostenko
as TV presenter of the program «TSN»
Dias Rahmatov
as Hairdresser (uncredited)