Salyut-7: The True Story of the Soviet 'Apollo 13'
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 106 min · ★ 7.1 · 95% critics
After a Soviet space station goes silent in 1985, two cosmonauts are sent on a high-stakes mission to dock with the powerless, frozen craft and restore it before conditions overwhelm them. Inspired by real events, it blends survival pressure with a race against time in orbit and on the ground.
Also known as Salyut 7: The True Story of the Soviet 'Apollo 13'
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Details
- Original title
- Салют-7
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-09-22
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (509 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a suspenseful, detail-rich space rescue story with strong atmosphere and big set pieces, similar to The Spacewalker; Not for you if you dislike subtitles or want strictly documentary-level realism.
Pros: striking space visuals; tense docking sequences; based on real events | Cons: exaggerated plot beats; added Earthside conflicts; can feel overlong
Themes
- space mission
- space
- space station
- cosmonaut
Cast & crew
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
as Vladimir Fyodorov
Pavel Derevyanko
as Viktor Alyokhin
Aleksandr Samoylenko
as Valeriy Shubin
Vitaliy Khaev
as Yuriy Shumakov
Oksana Fandera
as Svetlana Lazareva
Lyubov Aksyonova
as Liliya Alyokhina
Roman Perelygin
as Cosmonaut Plakhov
Mariya Mironova
as Nina Fyodorova
Aleksandra Serebryakova
as MCC's employee
Yuriy Ignatenko
as MCC's employee
Directed by Klim Shipenko