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Baikonur (2011)
Directed by Veit Helmer
Drama, Romance · 1h 35m
“Whatever falls from heaven, you may keep.” So goes the unwritten law of the Kazakh steppes. A law avidly adhered to by the inhabitants of a small village, who collect the space debris that falls downrange from the nearby Baikonur space station. The last two youthful members of the village are the radio operator Iskander, known as Gagarin, and the spirited Nazira. While Nazira finds it increasing difficult to conceal her love for Iskander by means of her unconventional behaviour, Iskander is evidently not only crazy about Baikonur and the vastness of outer space, but also deeply smitten with the beautiful French astronaut Julie Mahé, whose journey to the stars he wistfully follows on television.
Cast
Sitora Farmonova
Nazira
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Baikonur Chef (voice)
Berik Aitzhanov
Kazakh Cosmonaut
Crew
- Director
- Veit Helmer
- Screenplay
- Sergej Ashkenazy, Veit Helmer
- Writer
- Daniela Baumgärtl
- Original Music Composer
- Goran Bregović
- Editor
- Vincent Assmann
- Producer
- Veit Helmer, Sergei Selyanov, Dagmar Mielke, Bettina Ricklefs, Andreas Schreitmüller, Rosemarie Wintgen
Details
- Release date
- 2011-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- Russian, French, English
- Countries
- Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan
- Production
- Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion, CTB Film Company, Star.KZ Tandem Production, Eurasia Film Production, ARTE, RBB, BR