Deja vu

1990
1h 48m

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During the Prohibition, Chicago mob send a hitman after a traitor. The only problem is that his traces lead to Odessa, and no one hitman can overcome the hardcore Soviet bureaucracy.During the Prohibition, Chicago mob send a hitman after a traitor. The only problem is that his traces lead to Odessa, and no one hitman can overcome the hardcore Soviet bureaucracy.During the Prohibition, Chicago mob send a hitman after a traitor. The only problem is that his traces lead to Odessa, and no one hitman can overcome the hardcore Soviet bureaucracy.

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Jerzy Stuhr

Johnny Pollack

Vladimir Golovin

Mick Nich (Mikita Nichiporuk)
(as Wladimir Golowin)

Wojciech Wysocki

Franko De Niro
(as Wojciech Wysocki)

Galina Petrova

Klara Glushko
(as Galina Pietrowa)

Nikolay Karachentsov

Mishka Yaponchik (Mike the Little Jap)
(as Nikolaj Karaczenkow)

Liza Machulska

Afrodita Perepletchikova

Oleg Shklovsky

George (Sr. Lt. Perepletchikov)
(as Oleg Szklowskij)

Viktor Stepanov

Petro Krivonoschenko
(as Wiktor Stiepanow)

Vasiliy Mishchenko

Kostya
(as Wasilij Miszczenko)

Vitaliy Shapovalov

Shveitsar
(as Witalij Szapowalow)

Valery Barda-Sklyarenko

Receptionist
(as Walery Barda-Sklarenko)

Vsevolod Safonov

professor Babochkin
(as Wsiewolod Safonow)

Alonsa Vernikov

Pioneer
(as Alosza Wiernikow)

Grzegorz Herominski

Nemetsky trener

Wojciech Malajkat

Cezary Pazura

Nemetsky velosipedist

Armen Khostikyan

dyadya Ashot
(as Aram Kostakian)

Murad Janibekyan

Aram Polakyan
(as Murad Dzanibekian)

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Trivia
In the ending credit "Tosca", following names are credited: Giacomo Puccini, Zdzislaw Szostak (arrange), Joanna Cortes (solist), Orkiestra Filharmonii Lódzkiej, Artur Rubinstein (as Panstwowej filharmonii im. Artura Rubinsteina w Lodzi). However the recording used in film is the song of Maria Callas, recordings with Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in 1964.

Quotes
Mick Nich: What do you mean 500?
Mishka Yaponchik: The guys probably drank it. It's the north, Alaska, freezing cold, they decided to warm themselves up.
Mick Nich: 500 bottles?
Mishka Yaponchik: Well, there were five of the guys.

Connections
Featured in V.I.P. (1991)

Soundtracks
Deja vu
Music by Krzesimir Debski
Words by Jacek Bromski
Sung by Majka Jezowska

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9/10

Soviet Bureaucracy meets Chicago gangsters

Following up Magnet, my copy does have English subtitles in packaging that is otherwise Russian, dated 2002. The translation is so bad as to add considerably to the humor: somebody has a dictionary and is taking the first entry. Thus the ship will 'float away' to Sumatra, the Chicago gang is selling 'homemade whiskey,' nary an 'a', 'an', or 'the', and very creative use of prepositions. A good fraction of the dialog is in English, enough to follow the plot even without translation.

This is a different style of humor than we North Americans are used to, reminding me of the early Soviet satirist Bulkagov, or Ilf and Petrov in 'The Twelve Chairs'. The star player, Jerzy Stuhr, is strongly reminiscent of Mel Brooks, and plays a constantly frustrated American killer to the hilt. Watch for the scene on the Odessa steps.

If anyone can identify who is singing the Deja Vue theme at the end, I'd be grateful.