USSR, June 1985. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life. Based on actual events.
Practical Effects
Zero-G sequences shot in actual aircraft freefall, not CGI.
Production
Claustrophobic Soyuz interior built 1:1, smells included probably.
Acting
Derevyanko's quiet panic versus Vdovichenkov's ice-vein calm.
Director
Klim Shipenko
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Vladimir Fyodorov
Pavel Derevyanko
Viktor Alyokhin
Aleksandr Samoylenko
Valeriy Shubin
Vitaliy Khaev
Yuriy Shumakov
Oksana Fandera
Svetlana Lazareva
Lyubov Aksyonova
Liliya Alyokhina
Roman Perelygin
Cosmonaut Plakhov
Mariya Mironova
Nina Fyodorova
Aleksandra Serebryakova
MCC's employee
Yuriy Ignatenko
MCC's employee
Andrey Polishchuk
Shumakov's deputy
Natalya Kudryashova
Physician
Aleksandr Ratnikov
Shubin's deputy
Oksana Syrtsova
MCC's employee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Dzhanibekov consulted on set and apparently said the film was 80% accurate, which for a Russian is basically a standing ovation.
Released during new Cold War tensions, this became Russia's highest-grossing local film ever—turns out national trauma plays great when you control the narrative.
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