Demobbed (2000 film)

Demobbed (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.

Demobbed
ДМБ
Directed byRoman Kachanov
Written byRoman Kachanov
Ivan Okhlobystin
Produced bySergei 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
CinematographyAnatoli Susekov
Edited byAlbina Antipenko
Music byPavel Molchanov
Distributed byKinokompaniya Carmen
Release date
  • 12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

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
  • 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.[2]

Selected national awards

References
  1. Фильм «ДМБ» 100 главных русских фильмов: 1992—2013 Archived 16 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine // журнал «Афиша», №360, стр.116
  2. "«А помните, вы вчера товарища генерала за погон укусили?»: 23 факта о «ДМБ»". Kinoreporter.
  3. "2000". Russian Guild of Film Critics.
  4. "Winners 1991-2005". Kinotavr. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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