Demobbed (2000 film)

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Demobbed
ДМБ
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Directed by Roman Kachanov
Written by Roman Kachanov
Ivan Okhlobystin
Produced by Sergei Alekseyev
Maksim Garanin
Sergei Khotimsky
Starring Alexander Belyavsky
Juozas Budraitis
Viktor Pavlov
Ivan Okhlobystin
Sergei Gabrielyan
Sergei Artsibashev
Aleksandr Dedyushko
Stanislav Duzhnikov
Roman Kachanov
Pyotr Korshunkov
Aleksei Panin
Mikhail Petrovsky
Mikhail Vladimirov
Vladimir Shainsky
Cinematography Anatoli Susekov
Edited by Albina Antipenko
Music by Pavel Molchanov
Distributed by Kinokompaniya Carmen
Release date
  • 12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)
Running time
88 minutes
Country Russia
Language Russian

Demobbed ( ‹See Tfd› Russian : ДМБ, romanized: DMB) is a cult Russian comedy film by Roman Kachanov, showing an absurdist view on the Russian army through the eyes of a conscript. The brutal rituals of Dedovshchina, a major problem within Russian society, is shown not as a tragedy, but as an idyllically insane process of resocialization.

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

The film's popularity prompted the producers to create four sequels (DMB-2, DMB-3, DMB-4 and DMB-5), but with limited reception.

Plot

Three young Russians from very different walks of life involuntarily enter the military to escape their past. [1]

Awards

International awards

Selected national awards

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References

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  2. ""А помните, вы вчера товарища генерала за погон укусили?": 23 факта о "ДМБ"". Kinoreporter.
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