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Hopelessly Lost
Hopelessly Lost () is a 1973 Soviet adventure comedy directed by Georgiy Daneliya based on Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Cinematography by Vadim Yusov. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast.
- Roman Madyanov as "Huck"
- Vladimir Basov as "Huck's father"
- Feliks Imokuede as "Jim"
- Vladimir Ivashov as "Colonel Sherborne"
- Vakhtang Kikabidze as "Duke"
- Yevgeny Leonov as "King"
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but a hopelessly bad stand-up comedian, but otherwise true to his origins.
- "The Emperor / Dark Charlie" is based largely on Charles Chaplin's popular character, "The Tramp". His voice is lost during Episode III and he is forced to speak with a black sheet of re-writable plastic (in the fashion of silent films).
- "Yodella" is based on Yoda. Rather similar to the original character except he yodels his lessons and wears lederhosen.
See also.