Per Aspera Ad Astra (film)
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Per Aspera Ad Astra is a 1981 Soviet film directed by Richard Viktorov based on a novel by Kir Bulychyov.
On December 27, 2001 a new restored version directed by Nikolai Viktorov, the son of the original film's director, was released as the 20th anniversary edition http://ternii.film.ru/new_version.asp. The film featured revised special effects by the Paradox company, an all-new soundtrack in Dolby Digital
and the film length had shrunk by 25 min (to speed up the dynamics of the plot; but also some episodes with Soviet ideological context were cut).
An English
-dubbed version of the film (under the title Humanoid Woman) was featured on an early episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000
.
Some time later, Niya finds out that she has supernatural abilities. Prof. Ivanova finds a special neurocenter in her brain which can be used to control the humanoid clones. Niya suddenly remembers her home planet Dessa, where businessmen eager for easy money destroy nature.
A rescue mission with Niya on board is sent to her home planet. When she arrives there, her brain falls under the control of the neurowaves of local monopolist Turanchoks, who is trying to make the Earth expedition fail.
However, Niya is strong enough to resist the control and saves her civilization from an imminent catastrophe.
On December 27, 2001 a new restored version directed by Nikolai Viktorov, the son of the original film's director, was released as the 20th anniversary edition http://ternii.film.ru/new_version.asp. The film featured revised special effects by the Paradox company, an all-new soundtrack in Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
and the film length had shrunk by 25 min (to speed up the dynamics of the plot; but also some episodes with Soviet ideological context were cut).
An English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-dubbed version of the film (under the title Humanoid Woman) was featured on an early episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....
.
Plot summary
XXIII century. A reconnaissance starship discovers a dead alien spaceship of unknown origin in deep space. The crew are found to be humanoid bodies, made by an advanced cloning process. One humanoid woman appears to be alive but has memory loss and is brought back to Earth. Scientist Sergei Lebedev settles her in his own house and names her Niya.Some time later, Niya finds out that she has supernatural abilities. Prof. Ivanova finds a special neurocenter in her brain which can be used to control the humanoid clones. Niya suddenly remembers her home planet Dessa, where businessmen eager for easy money destroy nature.
A rescue mission with Niya on board is sent to her home planet. When she arrives there, her brain falls under the control of the neurowaves of local monopolist Turanchoks, who is trying to make the Earth expedition fail.
However, Niya is strong enough to resist the control and saves her civilization from an imminent catastrophe.
Cast
- Yelena Metyolkina as Niya
- Uldis Lieldidz as Cadet Stepan Lebedev
- Vadim Ledogorovas Sergei Lebedev
- Yelena Fadeyeva as Maria Pavlovna
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Petr Petrovich
- Nadezhda Semyontsova as Professor Nadezhda Ivanova
- Aleksandr Lazarev as Professor Klimov
- Aleksandr MikhajlovAleksandr MikhajlovAleksandr Mikhajlov is a Soviet film actor. He has appeared in 42 films since 1973. He starred in the 1981 film Muzhiki! which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.-Selected filmography:...
as Dreier - Boris Shcherbakov as Navigator Kolotin
- Igor Ledogorov as Ambassador Rakan
- Igor Yasulovich as Torki
- Gleb StrizhenovGleb StrizhenovGleb Aleksandrovich Strizhenov was a Soviet actor, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR. He was born in Voronezh, USSR. Oleg Strizhenov, who is also an actor, was his brother.-Filmography:*Per Aspera Ad Astra*Garazh...
as Glan - Vladimir Fyodorov as Turanchoks
- Yevgeni Karelskikh