Two astronauts stuck in molasses-slow time. Physics breaks. Patience required.
On a space research station experimenting with relative time, a technical glitch causes two astronauts to be trapped in time. A dramatic struggle begins against runaway time, where the laws of physics are different and everything is noticeably slower than on Earth.
Production
1972 Hungarian space station aesthetics are beautifully bleak.
Direction
Mihályfi stretches minutes into eternities with purpose.
Director
Imre Mihályfi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made under communist Hungary's restrictive film industry, the space station doubles as metaphor for bureaucratic stagnation. The state-approved sci-fi veneer barely hides political suffocation.
The 'frozen explosion' scene — a practical effects masterpiece using high-speed photography played at normal speed — reportedly took six months to plan and execute.
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