Spacewalk (2017)

Trying to keep lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.

Director:

Dmitriy Kiselev

Writers:

Sergey Kaluzhanov, Yuriy Korotkov

Stars:

Evgeniy Mironov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Ilin

8 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Evgeniy Mironov	...	Alexey Leonov
Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Pavel Belyaev
Vladimir Ilin	...	Sergey Korolev
Anatoliy Kotenyov	...	Nikolay Kamanin
Aleksandra Ursulyak	...	Svetlana Leonova
Elena Panova	...	Tatyana Belyaeva
Aleksandr Novin	...	Evgeny Khrunov
Gennadiy Smirnov	...	Konstantin Feoktistov
Yuriy Nifontov	...	Boris Rauschenbakh
Yuriy Itskov	...	Boris Chertok
Valeriy Grishko	...	Leonid Brezhnev
Aleksandr Ilin	...	Vladimir Markelov
Aleksandr Karpilovskiy	...	Radio Amateur
Ekaterina Semina	...	Radio Amateur's Wife
Avangard Leontev	...	Yuriy Levitan

Storyline

The film is set in the 60s of the 20th century, during the Cold War and the space race between USSR and the United States. Russians plan to send a man into space. Military pilot Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov are ready to step into the open space. But on the way they face many obstacles and dangers.

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Plot Keywords:

spacewalk | 1960s | based on true story | cold war | cold war era | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The real Alexey Leonov was still alive and helped with the details and realism. The movie is "in memory of Pavel Belyaev", dead long before the movie release.

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Goofs

The helicopters searching for the crew in the Taiga are Mi-17s. Or, the maiden flight of the Mi-17 took place only in 1975.

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Quotes

radio announcer: Today, on March 18, 1965, at 11:30 Moscow time, during the flight of the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, something incredible happened. For the first time in human history, a man walked out into space! After twice circling the Earth, pilot and cosmonaut Lieutenant Alexey Leonov went out into space in a special space-suit and an autonomous life-sustaining system.

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Connections

Featured in Evening Urgant: Evgeny Mironov/Alexei Leonov (2017)

User Reviews

Great Realistic space movie from the 60's

This movie is a must if you are fan of the space years in the 60's where it all begun....good thriller with drama and accurate comic scenes...a good and interesting Russian movie based in the 60's but no political propaganda at all...I recommend it if you want to try something different than the usual Hollywood flick.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Russia]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 April 2017 (Russia)

Also Known As:

The Spacewalker

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,677,311

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bazelevs Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

137 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1