Seven Soviet Sci-Fi Films
Top Soviet sci-fi movies recommended by The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/28/cinema-seven-soviet-sci-fi-films
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- DirectorYakov ProtazanovStarsYuliya SolntsevaIgor IlyinskyNikolai TsereteliEngineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
- DirectorVasily ZhuravlyovStarsSergey KomarovKsenia MoskalenkoVassili GaponenkoIn 1946, the Soviet space program is undergoing turmoil. Professor Sedikh, who is planning to lead the first manned exploration to the moon, is denounced by his rival Professor Karin as being too old and too mentally unstable for the mission. Professor Sedikh, aided by his assistant Marina and a youth named Andryusha, disregard Prof. Karin's authority and make a successful landing on the moon. Although a few problems occur at the moon, including the discovery of a damaged oxygen tank and Professor Sedikh's becoming trapped under a fallen boulder, the expedition is a success and the cosmonauts return to Moscow.
- DirectorPavel KlushantsevAn popular science explanation about the origin of meteorites and some significant historical meteor impact events.
- DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri JärvetA psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
- DirectorMarek PiestrakStarsSergei DesnitskyBoleslaw AbartVladimir IvashovHumanlike robots replace humans on space missions. Test flight with robots and human crew, including commander Pirx unaware of robots' identities, evaluates robot performance/interactions. UN organizes mission to assess robot capabilities.
- DirectorRichard ViktorovNikolay ViktorovStarsYelena MetyolkinaNadezhda SementsovaVadim LedogorovA female creature created in space tries to live on earth and has special (and sometimes dangerous) powers.
- DirectorAleksey GermanStarsLeonid YarmolnikAleksandr ChutkoYuriy TsuriloIn the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like planet.