Salyut-7 (2017)

USSR, June 1985. Based on actual events. 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.

Director:

Klim Shipenko

Writers:

Aleksey Chupov, Jeffrey Hylton (English adaptation)

Stars:

Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Pavel Derevyanko, Aleksandr Samoylenko

4 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vladimir Vdovichenkov	...	Fedorov
Pavel Derevyanko	...	Alekhin
Aleksandr Samoylenko	...	Shudin
Mariya Mironova	...	Fedorov's Wife
Oksana Fandera	...	Lazareva
Lyubov Aksyonova	...	Alekhin's Wife
Aleksandr Ratnikov	...	Shudin's Deputy
Valeriy Filonov	...	Stepanych
Vitaliy Khaev	...	Shumakov
Igor Ugolnikov	...	Boldyrev
Natalya Kudryashova	...	Physician
Artur Vakha	...	Psychiatrist
Polina Rudenko	...	Fedorov's Daughter
Nikita Panfilov	...	Zaytsev
Kirill Ulyanov	...	Shudin's Assistant #1

Storyline

The year is 1985. The unmanned Soviet space station Salyut 7, which is in low Earth orbit, suddenly stops responding to commands from the Control Center. If the space station - the pride of Soviet space engineering - falls from the sky, not only will it damage the image of the country, it could also be a disaster bringing untold casualties. To investigate the failure and prevent the catastrophe, people must be sent to the station. Yet no one in history has ever attempted to dock an uncontrolled vehicle in space. To this day, this mission is considered to be the most technically challenging in the history of space exploration.

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Plot Keywords:

space station | cosmonaut | year 1985 | russia | ussr | 

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Taglines:

The right stuff of the cosmonauts.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Russia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

5 October 2017 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Saliut-7

Box Office

Budget:

RUR 400,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CTB Film Company,Globus-film,Lemon Films Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min 103 min (Mainland China Cut Version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Oksana Fandera and Mariya Mironova co-starred together in Statskiy sovetnik (2005).

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Goofs

The Americans never launched any of their Space Shuttles to Salyut. NASA indeed planned to send the Challenger or the Discovery to take photos of the drifting station, and retrieval was considered, but all these plans were dropped because they didn't want to provoke the Soviets, particularly not in the interregnum shortly after Konstantin Chernyenko's death, not knowing how firmly has the new Premier, Mikhail Gorbachev is sitting in his chair.

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Soundtracks

Korabli
Performed by Vladimir Vysotskiy

User Reviews

Salyut 7 was something of a surprise discovery for me,

Salyut 7 was something of a surprise discovery for me, just stumbling upon it.I wish it had received a wider attention, This movie feels like it came from nowhere and I lapped it up.Its a riveting and powerful film about human triumph over adversity. And the Gravity-like visuals really intensify the you-are-there feeling I guess you have to forgive dramatic license-this film used,its dramatizations, rather than a documentary, after all. Overall this is a great movie. And two days ago I'd never even heard of it.In any case, anybody who enjoyed either Apollo 13 or Gravity will likely really enjoy this film, it's nice to see Russian cinema demonstrating its ability to measure up to Hollywood and give us a different flavor.