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