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1990 film
Deja Vu
is a 1990
Soviet
-
Polish
comedy
thriller
that takes place in Soviet
Odesa
in 1925 and spoofs a variety of gangster films.
Plot
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The plot takes place in 1925. One of
Chicago
mobsters
Mik Nich
(born as Mikita Nichiporuk) flees to Soviet
Odessa
to escape the revenge of other mobsters. Mob leaders send the best hit-man Johnny Polak to Odesa. The killer disguises himself as an American entomology professor who wants to visit the grave of his father in Odesa.
In search of his victim, Polak gets into the most unbelievable situations arising from the peculiarities of the city of Odesa, as well as from mad historical era. Being the first
passenger
of the
ship
voyage
New York City
-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, Polak forgets what he is actually doing there (
retrograde amnesia
) and tries to live up to his cover as an honest professor. Nichiporuk, in turn, learns about the arrival of the killer and is trying to kill him. Polak experiences several periods of regain and loss of memory (a periodical
Deja vu
) while trying to track down Nichiporuk. Finally, Nichiporuk is arrested by Soviet authorities on an unrelated charge and sent to jail. Polak, having lost the rest of his sanity, ends up in a
mental hospital
.
Cultural references
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At one point, as Polak chases Nichiporuk through the city, both accidentally take part in the filming of the famous Odesa Steps sequence from
Battleship Potemkin
.
Cast
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