The action is set in 1970 as the Soviet Union (and the entire progressive world) are preparing to celebrate Lenin's centenary. Not to be outdone, the camp commander decides to have the prisoners put on a play about Lenin's life. However, the ensuing preparations turn everything upside down and seem to offer a God-given chance to plot an escape.
La historia tiene lugar en el desértico planeta "Pluke" en la galaxia "Kin-dza-dza", donde dos soviéticos que no se conocen ("el tío Vova", un huraño capataz de Moscú y "el violinista", un estudiante de Georgia) son abandonados debido a un encuentro accidental con un dispositivo alienígena de teletransportación. La película describe su largo camino para encontrar un modo de volver a casa.
A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.
