Demobbed (film)

For the 1946 British comedy film, see Demobbed (1946 film).

Demobbed ДМБ
Directed by	Roman Kachanov
Produced by	Sergei Alekseyev Maksim Garanin Sergei Khotimsky
Written by	Roman Kachanov Ivan Okhlobystin
Starring	Aleksandr Belyavskiy Juozas Budraitis Viktor Pavlov Ivan Okhlobystin Sergei Gabrielyan Sergei Artsybashev Aleksandr Dedyushko Stanislav Duzhnikov Roman Kachanov Pyotr Korshunkov Aleksey Panin Mikhail Petrovsky Mikhail Vladimirov Vladimir Shainsky
Music by	Pavel Molchanov
Cinematography	Anatoli Susekov
Editing by	Albina Antipenko
Distributed by	Kinokompaniya Carmen
Release date(s)	April 12, 2000
Running time	88 min.
Language	Russian

Demobbed (Russian: ДМБ) is a cult Russian comedy film by Roman Kachanov, offering an absurdistic view on the Russian army by the eyes of a conscript. Brutal Dedovshchina, the major problem of the Russian society, is shown not as a tragedy, but as an idylically insane process of resocialization.

Several stars of the Soviet cinema cast in the roles of senior officers; prominent theater director Sergey Artsybashev portrayed the iconic protagonist Dikiy Prapor ("Wild Warrant Officer")

Film's popularity encouraged producers to create two sequels (DMB-2 and DMB-3), but with limited reception.

Plot

Three young Russians from very different walks of life involutarily enter the military to escape their past.

Awards

International awards

• 2000 — Demobbed — FIPRESCI Special Mention: «For its humour and for the ironic look on Russian society which allows to overcome tragedies of everyday life and might open doors to the new cinema»[1].

Selected national awards

• 2000 — Golden Arie (National Award of Film-critics and the Film-press) — Best filmscript [2]
• 2000 — Kinotavr Prize of the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Film Critics

External links

• Demobbed (film) at the Internet Movie Database
• FIPRESCI-Awards-2000