@celeste_writes
A patient, formally daring work — the cinematography lingers on empty rooms longer than most audiences will tolerate, but those who stay are rewarded with the most haunting final act of the year.
March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown. They were supposed to do what no man has done before—and no man imagined what would happen next.
Quick Stats
7.0
TMDB Rating
355
Votes
2h 20m
Runtime
$7.1M
Budget
$9.9M
Box Office
139%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorDmitry Kiselev
WriterYuri Korotkov
CinematographyVladimir Bashta
ComposerIvan Titov
EditorAlexey Elensky
Produced by
Bazelevs
Where to Watch
Streaming
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Critics & Reviews
3 featured@jhalberg
I walked in expecting another genre exercise and walked out feeling like I'd been eavesdropping on a confession. The lead performance is genuinely singular — a career-defining turn.
@priya_a
A few too many scenes feel borrowed from a better film, but the soundtrack and the production design carry the rest. Solid recommendation for fans of slow-burn European thrillers.
Cast
Evgeny Mironov
Alexey Leonov
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Pavel Belyaev
Vladimir Ilin
Sergey Korolev
Anatoliy Kotenyov
Nikolay Kamanin
Aleksandra Ursulyak
Svetlana Leonova
Elena Panova
Tatyana Belyaeva
Aleksandr Ilyin Jr
Vladimir Markelov
Yuriy Itskov
Boris Chertok
Kirill Poluhin
Unit commander
Vitaliya Kornienko
Lyuda Belyaeva
Saveliy Kudryashov
Young Alexey Leonov
Sergey Cherdantsev
MiG-15 pilot #1
Aleksandr Filatov
MiG-15 pilot # 2
Sergey Galakhov
KVTS spetsialist
Ruslan Dzhaybekov
Brezhnev's assistant secretary
