The Andromeda Nebula
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The Andromeda Nebula (Туманность Андромеды) | |
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Directed by | Yevgeni Sherstobitov |
Written by | Ivan Yefremov(novel) |
Starring | Sergei Stolyarov Vija Artmane Nikolai Kryukov |
Cinematography | Nikolai Zhuravlyov |
Music by | Yakov Lapinsky |
Distributed by | Goskino |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Andromeda Nebula(Russian:Туманность Андромеды) is a 1967 Sovietscience fiction filmstarringSergei Stolyarovand directed byYevgeni Sherstobitovat theDovzhenko Film Studios.The film was originally intended to be the first episode of a series of films, alternatively titled asThe Andromeda Nebula: Episode I. Prisoners of the Iron Star,but the remaining parts were never made due to Stolyarov's death.
Plot
[edit]The film is based upon the 1957 novelAndromeda NebulabyIvan Yefremov.It follows the story of a group of humans on thespaceshipTantrawho are tasked with investigating the home planet of an alien race. They discover that artificial radioactivity has killed almost all life on that planet. During the voyage home the ship is trapped by the gravitational force of aniron starand lands on a planet orbiting the star. Surrounded by predators who destroy human nervous system through space suits, the crew has to fight to see Earth again.
Reception
[edit]The film was considered by some in the Soviet Union as being mildly pornographic at time of release and a review in the magazine of theCommunist Party of Great Britain,Marxism Today,fifteen years later, noted the "Russian space tits controversy" as an example of "both increasing boundaries of the permissable as well as showing increased censorship in the early Brezhnev era".
Cast
[edit]Actor | Role |
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Sergei Stolyarov | Dar Veter |
Vija Artmane | Veda Kong |
Nikolai Kryukov | Erg Noor |
Tatyana Voloshina | Niza Krit |
Lado Tskhvariashvili | Mven Mas |
Aleksandr Gaj | Pur Zhis |
Roman Khomyatov | Kim |
Lyudmila Chursina | Louma Lasvi |
Marina Yurasova | Ingrid Ditra |
Gennadi Yukhtin | Eon Tal |
Alexander Goloborodko | Ren Boz |
Valeriy Panarin | Holm |
References
[edit]- Wingrove, David.Science Fiction Film Source Book(Longman Group Limited, 1985)
External links
[edit]- 1967 films
- 1960s science fiction films
- Fiction set in the Andromeda Galaxy
- Films based on science fiction novels
- 1960s Russian-language films
- Soviet science fiction films
- Films set in the 31st century
- Films set on fictional planets
- 1960s Soviet films
- 1960s Soviet film stubs
- Science fiction film stubs
- 1960s film stubs