Note : In 2013, remake of the film by the same director in the form of an animated film: Ku! Kin-dza-dza
Plot synopsis
Kin-dza-dza is a far away planet. Two earth men find themselves there and the movie tells us about their incredible adventures in other civilization. The film is about vice and virtue.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
Plukanian language : - Koo – All words, with the following exceptions:
- Kyu (pronounced kyew) – any profanity
- Ketseh (pronounced "keh-tseh", emphasis on the second syllable) – matches (or, rather, the chemicals ordinarily used on Earth for match heads)
- Chatl – a currency unit
- Tsak – a small bell worn on the nose to indicate the low social status of the wearer
- Tentura and Antitentura – two opposite parts of the Universe. Some planets and galaxies exist in Tentura and some (including Earth) in Antitentura
- Pepelats – an interplanetary spacecraft (from the Georgian word "pepela" for butterfly)
- Tsapa – a component for different machines. A big tsapa is a very important component for the pepelats. A small tsapa is a component for the gravitsapa; without the small tsapa, a gravitsapa will not work. Tsapa is similar to a very rusty screwnut
- Gravitsapa – a component for the pepelats which allows intergalactic travel (from 'gravity' + 'tsapa')
- Tranklucator – a weapon
- Visator – compact device, detects difference between Patsaks and Chatlanians
- Kappa – a button or lever
- Luts – the fuel used by the pepelats, it is made of water
- Chatlanin – being with a high social status (detected as "orange" on a Visator)
- Patsak – being with a low social status (detected as "green" on a Visator)
- Ecilop – a policeman ("police" spoken backwards)
- Etsikh – a box for prisoners; also the imprisonment in such box (as a penalty); also the Etsikh is a jail with many such boxes ("Etsikh" is from the Georgian word "tsikhe" for prison, castle). « Etsikh with nails » is a hard punishment.