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The Spacewalker

The Spacewalker

So far from home, so close to disaster

20177.02h 20mPG

Overview

March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown. They were supposed to do what no man has done before—and no man imagined what would happen next.

Directed by Dmitry Kiselev
Written by Yuri Korotkov, Irina Pivovarova, Sergey Kaluzhanov
Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Sergey Ageev, Evgeny Mironov
Box OfficeBudget: $7.1MRevenue: $9.9M

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Top Cast

Evgeny Mironov

Evgeny Mironov

Alexey Leonov

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Pavel Belyaev

Vladimir Ilin

Vladimir Ilin

Sergey Korolev

Anatoliy Kotenyov

Anatoliy Kotenyov

Nikolay Kamanin

Aleksandra Ursulyak

Aleksandra Ursulyak

Svetlana Leonova

Elena Panova

Elena Panova

Tatyana Belyaeva

Aleksandr Ilyin Jr

Aleksandr Ilyin Jr

Vladimir Markelov

Yuriy Itskov

Yuriy Itskov

Boris Chertok

Kirill Poluhin

Kirill Poluhin

Unit commander

Vitaliya Kornienko

Vitaliya Kornienko

Lyuda Belyaeva

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Themes & Keywords

spacecraftbraveryastronautspace racespacewalk1960sspace flightsspace walkcold war era

About The Spacewalker

The Spacewalker is a adventure, drama, history, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of spacecraft, bravery, astronaut, space race, spacewalk, 1960s. Directed by Dmitry Kiselev, it stars Evgeny Mironov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Ilin. March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown. They were supposed to do what no man has done before—and no man imagined what would happen next.

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