Baikonur
2011 · 95 min
Drama · Romance
★ 5.6“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.
Crew
- Director Veit Helmer
- Screenplay Veit Helmer
- Screenplay Sergej Ashkenazy
- Writer Daniela Baumgärtl
Cast
- A
Alexander Asochakov
Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov
Marie de Villepin
Julie Mahé
Sitora Farmonova
Nazira
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Baikonur Chef (voice)
- Y
Yevgeniy Yefremov
Roscosmos-Boss
- N
Nurlan Abilov
Timur
- M
Muchit Izimov
Adylgey
- S
Sayat Merekeuly
Agai
- Y
Yessim Seghizbayev
One-eyed Enemy
- O
Oleg Poltoratskikh
Russian Cosmonaut
Berik Aitzhanov
Kazakh Cosmonaut
- M
Michael Müller
German Cosmonaut
Crew
- Director — Veit Helmer
- Screenplay — Veit Helmer
- Screenplay — Sergej Ashkenazy
- Writer — Daniela Baumgärtl
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