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Salyut-7

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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.

Release Date : 2017-09-22

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Vita AktivaCTB Film CompanyLemon Films StudioGlobus-film

Production Country : Russia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Character Name : Vladimir Fyodorov

Original Name : Владимир Вдовиченков

Gender : Male

Pavel Derevyanko

Character Name : Viktor Alyokhin

Original Name : Павел Деревянко

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Samoylenko

Character Name : Valeriy Shubin

Original Name : Александр Самойленко

Gender : Male

Vitaliy Khaev

Character Name : Yuriy Shumakov

Original Name : Виталий Хаев

Gender : Male

Oksana Fandera

Character Name : Svetlana Lazareva

Original Name : Оксана Фандера

Gender : Female

Lyubov Aksyonova

Character Name : Liliya Alyokhina

Original Name : Любовь Аксёнова

Gender : Female

Roman Perelygin

Character Name : Cosmonaut Plakhov

Original Name : Роман Перелыгин

Gender : Male

Mariya Mironova

Character Name : Nina Fyodorova

Original Name : Мария Миронова

Gender : Female

Aleksandra Serebryakova

Character Name : MCC's employee

Original Name : Aleksandra Serebryakova

Gender : Female

Yuriy Ignatenko

Character Name : MCC's employee

Original Name : Yuriy Ignatenko

Gender : Male

Andrey Polishchuk

Character Name : Shumakov's deputy

Original Name : Андрей Полищук

Gender : Male

Natalya Kudryashova

Character Name : Physician

Original Name : Наталья Кудряшова

Gender : Female

Polina Rudenko

Character Name : Olya Fyodorova

Original Name : Polina Rudenko

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Ratnikov

Character Name : Shubin's deputy

Original Name : Александр Ратников

Gender : Male

Oksana Syrtsova

Character Name : MCC's employee

Original Name : Oksana Syrtsova

Gender : Female

Vasily Ignatich

Character Name :

Original Name : Vasily Ignatich

Gender : Male

Igor Ugolnikov

Character Name : Boldyrev

Original Name : Игорь Угольников

Gender : Male

Nikita Panfilov

Character Name : Zaytsev

Original Name : Никита Панфилов

Gender : Male

Artur Vakha

Character Name : therapist

Original Name : Артур Ваха

Gender : Male

Kirill Ulyanov

Character Name : Shubin's assistant

Original Name : Кирилл Ульянов

Gender : Male

Artyom Semakin

Character Name : Shubin's assistant

Original Name : Артём Семакин

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Vontov

Character Name : general

Original Name : Aleksandr Vontov

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Ilin

Character Name : general

Original Name : Александр Ильин

Gender : Male

Vladimir Matveev

Character Name : general

Original Name : Владимир Матвеев

Gender : Male

Andrey Tolshin

Character Name : anchorman

Original Name : Andrey Tolshin

Gender : Male

Klim Shipenko

Character Name : American astronaut

Original Name : Клим Шипенко

Gender : Male

Mikhail Sakulin

Character Name : French astronaut

Original Name : Mikhail Sakulin

Gender : Male

Valeriy Filonov

Character Name : Stepanych

Original Name : Валерий Филонов

Gender : Male

Ekaterina Novikova

Character Name : MCC's employee

Original Name : Екатерина Новикова

Gender : Female

Sergey Korenkov

Character Name :

Original Name : Сергей Кореньков

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Lenin

Character Name :

Original Name : Aleksandr Lenin

Gender : Male

Igor Devlekamov

Character Name :

Original Name : Igor Devlekamov

Gender : Male

Irina Romasheva

Character Name :

Original Name : Irina Romasheva

Gender : Female

Sergey Demidov

Character Name :

Original Name : Sergey Demidov

Gender : Male

Konstantin Purusov

Character Name :

Original Name : Konstantin Purusov

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-08

Salyut-7 is packed with such sublime imagery that it would be possible to enjoy it without subtitles or knowledge of the Russian language — which is actually not a bad idea, because the plot has been exaggerated to such an extent that Baron Münchhausen himself wouldn’t buy it. In a nutshell, after contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Fyodorov (Vladimir Vdovichenkov) and Viktor Alyokhin (Pavel Derevyanko) are sent to try to commandeer the ship and repair it. The ensuing docking attempts, edited by Mariya Sergeenkova almost like a mating dance, provide the film's best sequences. Meanwhile, Sergey Astakhov and Ivan Burlakov's cinematography captures the most impressive and, dare I say, convincing outer space scenes I’ve seen since Ad Astra (which was actually released two years later). Salyut-7's visual prowess, however, isn't limited to the vastness of space, and indeed thrives equally well in the confined spaces within the ship. While in orbit, the film is in general a feast for the viewer's eyes. The problem is that the filmmakers spend too much time on Earth manufacturing unnecessary and unlikely conflicts. The mission is a race against time for two reasons. The first has to do with the idea that NASA is carrying out a mission to recover Salyut-7 and steal Soviet secrets with the space shuttle Challenger (pre-disaster, of course), bringing the station to Earth within the shuttle's cargo bay. This premise would be fine for a James Bond flick, but here it only manages to detract from the gravity, if you will, of the situation. The second reason is the limited amount of oxygen, the low temperature, and other conditions that Vladimir and Viktor have to deal with, forcing them to repair the station in a few days if they don't want to die of hypoxia and/or hypothermia. The real-life mission actually lasted 112 days (over three months), and the astronauts wore warm clothes (in the movie they don't even have gloves). Many other events are wildly hyperbolized or shamelessly made up, while others are just plain clichés — like the guy in the control center getting all thoughtful while everyone else celebrates. It's a shame, because Salyut-7 is, aesthetically speaking a perfect illustration of the apocryphal anecdote according to which NASA spent a lot of money developing a pen that could write in zero gravity ((feel free to substitute 'Nasa' with 'Hollywood' and 'pen that could write in zero gravity' with 'CGI')) while the Soviets simply used pencils.