Kin-dza-dza!

(1986)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 15,038 votes

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure

Year: 1986

Runtime: 135 min

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Георгий Данелия

Cast: Станислав Любшин, Евгений Леонов, Юрий Яковлев, Леван Габриадзе, Лев Перфилов

Plot

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.

One winter evening, a Russian foreman named Vladimir and a Georgian student named Gedevan meet a strange man at the street, who claims to be stranded on Earth away from his home planet and shows them a teleportation device. Not knowing the odds, Vladimir and Gedevan press a random button on the device and end up on the planet named Pluke, where the advanced technology coexists with deserted wastelands, rusty exterior, tyrannical government and a rigid caste system. Now the two will have to get back home, getting acquainted with local customs and culture on their way.