Luna Papa
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The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
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Moritz Bleibtreu
Nasreddin
Known for
Run Lola Run
The Experiment
Chulpan Khamatova
Mamlakat
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
The White Crow
Ato Mukhamedzhanov
Safar
Also in
Code of Silence. On the Dark Side of the Moon
Look with Fun
Merab Ninidze
Alik
Known for
The Courier
A Working Man
Polina Raykina
Khabibula (voice)
Known for
The Coach
Stalingrad
Nikolay Fomenko
Yassir
Known for
Kitchenblock
Lola Mirzorakhimova
Zube
No other roles listed
Sherali Abdulkajsov
Akbar
Also in
The Leg
Youth's First Morning
Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Gynecologist
Also in
Waiting for the Sea
Golden Autumn
Azalbek Nazriyev
Alisher Khamrayev
Also in
Return of Nasreddin Hodja
Today and Always
Aleftina Galiyeva
Dancer
No other roles listed
Barvina Gulyamova
Dancer
No other roles listed
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Director · Irakli Kvirikadze Screenplay Daler Nazarov Composer
United States release September 8, 1999 · Produced in Tajikistan, Austria, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan · Languages Russian, Tajik
Production
Les Films de L'Observatoire
Production
Prisma Film
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VISS
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Thomas Koerfer Film
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Tajikfilm
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Pandora Film
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Eurospace
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Profit
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Novoskop Film
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ZDF/Arte
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Schweizer Fernsehen DRS
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Frenetic Films
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Lona Studio
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Berliner Filmförderung
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Hessische Filmförderung
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Filmförderungsanstalt
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OFI
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Wiener Filmfinanzierungsfonds
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Eidgenössisches Department des Innern
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Fondazione Monte Cinema Verità
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Fonds Sud Cinéma
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Ministère de la Culture
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CNC
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Ministère des Affaires Étrangères
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La Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg
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NTV-Profit
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Pandora Filmproduktion
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Tajik Filmstudio
Production
Tajikistan · Austria · France · Germany · Japan · Russia · Switzerland · Uzbekistan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Лунный папа
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian · Tajik
Release dates
United States · September 8, 1999
Theatrical
Russia · April 28, 2000
Theatrical
Czechia
September 28, 2000 · Theatrical
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