Dark Planet (2009)

A space traveler from the Earth of 22th century - without wars, poverty and oppression - crashes on the unknown planet. Politically and economically this planet similar to the totalitarian human states of 20th century.

Director:

Fedor Bondarchuk

Writers:

Eduard Volodarskiy, Marina Dyachenko

Stars:

Vasiliy Stepanov, Yuliya Snigir, Pyotr Fyodorov

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vasiliy Stepanov	...	Maksim
Yuliya Snigir	...	Rada
Pyotr Fyodorov	...	Gay
Sergey Garmash	...	Zef
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Vepr (as Gosha Kutsenko)
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Strannik
Mikhail Evlanov	...	Chachu
Andrey Merzlikin	...	Fank
Anna Mikhalkova	...	Ordi
Maksim Sukhanov	...	Papa
Fedor Bondarchuk	...	Prokuror (as Fyodor Bondarchuk)
Yuriy Tsurilo	...	General
Kirill Pirogov	...	Svyokor
Evgeniy Sidikhin	...	Test
Aleksey Gorbunov	...	Shurin

Storyline

On the threshold of 22nd century, furrowing the space, protagonist from the Free Search Group makes emergency landing on an unknown planet where he must stay. People who are living on this planet have remained at the stone level of the 20th century, with its social problems, miserable ecology and shaky world...

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Plot Keywords:

guard | 22nd century | first part | space opera | friend | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

1 January 2009 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Dark Planet

Filming Locations:

Crimea, Ukraine

Box Office

Budget:

$29,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Art Pictures Studio, Non-Stop Productions, Premiere Stealth Rights

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Alexander Rodnyansky wanted to screen "The Inhabited Island" by Arkadiy Strugatskiy and Boris Strugatskiy since he was 12 and "always" wondered why no one had done it before.

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Goofs

Red armored car, which Maxim steals near the final, was designed without a door. So the crew had to cut the hatch in the tank's plating. When Guy Gaal knocks the car, it can be seen that the hatch cover is actually made of wood.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: The year 2157, the Noon of Mankind. Armed with the Great Theory of Upbringing, people have forgotten about wars, hunger and terrorism. Nature lives again. A breakthrough in medicine has set people free from illnesses, allowing them to use hidden resources of the human body. Earthlings are reclaiming distant planets. New generations have risen, for whom search in deep space is a routine matter. Young earthlings are brave, strong and naive. They think they are capable of everything.

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Connections

Referenced in Nanoman: Sonnye loschinki (2014)

User Reviews

not bad, actually

Can't understand all this negative hysteria. Most of which is actually about nothing ("crap! oh, such a crap! totally crap!" often mentioning that Bondarchuk is a bad director). Well, I can partly understand those who admired the original book (which is really worth reading) as they may have imagined everything in different manner (this is particularly true for sci-fi adaptations). But very often I read comments of people who seemed to be negatively oriented even before they really watched the film.

The movie is not piece of art. It really takes a lot from classic sci-fi movies (from costumes designs to city views). And directing sometimes is confusing. But the film has one strong point - the plot, original story that authors reflected rather well. Special effects are good (they were performed by American specialists), acting is not bad (dramatic acting usually is not required in sci-fi action movies). In essence, the movie is good and worth seeing. Don't take negative comments for granted.

BTW as far as I know Boris Strugaztsky (the one of two brothers who is still alive) liked the adaptation.