- Deja Vu (1988 film)
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Déjà Vu Directed by Juliusz Machulski Written by Alexander Borodyansky, Juliusz Machulski Starring Jerzy Stuhr
Nikolai KarachentsovRelease date(s) November 22, 1988 Running time 104 min. Language Russian Déjà Vu is a 1988 Soviet-Polish comedy thriller that takes place in Soviet Odessa in 1925 and spoofs a lot of gangster films.
Plot
The plot takes place in 1925. One of Chicago mobsters Mik Nich (born as Mikita Nechyporuk) flees to Soviet Odessa to escape the revenge of other mobsters. Mob leaders send the best hit-man Johnny Pollack to Odessa. The killer disguises himself as an American entomology professor Pollack, which wants to visit the grave of his father in Odessa.
In search of his victim, Pollack gets the most unbelievable situations arising from the peculiarities of the city of Odessa, as well as from mad historical era. Because he is the first passenger of the ship voyage New York-Odessa, he is assigned to be accompanied by the Komsomol guide Glushko and is besieged by pioneers and journalists. Jumping from the train and hitting his head, Pollack forgets what he is actually doing there (retrograde amnesia), and tries to live up to its cover as an honest professor. Nechyporuk in its turn experiences about the arrival of the killer and is trying to kill him. Pollack is passing periods of regain and loss of memory (a periodical Déjà vu) while trying to track down Nechyporuk.
External links
- Déjà Vu at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Juliusz Machulski Vabank (1981) · Sexmission (1984) · Vabank II (1985) · Kingsajz (1987) · Déjà vu (1988) · VIP (1991) · Szwadron (1992) · Girl Guide (1995) · Kiler (1997) · Kiler-ów 2-óch (1999) · Money Is Not Everything (2001) · Superprodukcja (2003) · Vinci (2004) · How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (2008)Categories:- Russian-language films
- Films directed by Juliusz Machulski
- Films set in 1925
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