USSR, 1981
148m
35mm film, colour
mono, Russian
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
A Soviet Russian science fiction film directed by Richard Viktorov (credited as Richard Victor on English language prints).
Plot Summary
Android Niya is found alone in a discarded and is returned to Earth for scientific research. She hails from the planet Dessa which is dying after it was over-polluted by its peoples.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Richard Viktorov [Richard Victor on English language prints]
© MCMLXXXI [1981] Sovexport Film
Sandy Frank presents [on English language prints]. Maksim Gorki Studio
Screenplay by: Kir Bulychyov [Kir Brown on English language prints], Richard Viktorov [Richard Victor on English language prints]
Director of Photography: Aleksandr Rybin [Alexander Rabin on English language prints]
Camera Operators: B. Filimonikhin, V. Serebryakov, V. Ulyanki
Editor: L. Pushkinoi
Music by: Aleksei Rybnikov [Alexis Ribnik on English language prints]
Orchestra Conducted by: Sergei Skripka [Serge Scripnik on English language prints]
Sound Technician: Boris Koreshkov
Assistant Sound Technician: M. Reznichenko
Costume Designer: L. Chekulaevoi
Make Up: T. Kunich
Special Effects Camera: Y. Osmin
Special Effects Designer: S. Iltyakov [S. Iltiak on English language prints]
Production Designer: Konstantin Zagorsky [Constantine Zagor on English language prints]
Set Decorators: E. Leontev, V. Litvinov
Consultants: Lev Lupichev, Vladimir Shatalov
Translator: I. Solovieva
Locations: Kiev, Ukraine; Gorky, Russia
Underwater Stunts Manager: V. Karpichev
Cast
Yelena Metyolkina [Helen Metelkine on English language prints] (Niya)
Nadezhda Semyontsova [Nady Sementsov on English language prints] (Nadezhda Ivanova)
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky [Stan Dvorzhetsky on English language prints] (Petr Petrovich)
Aleksandr Lazarev [Alexander Lazar on English language prints] (Klimov)
Vadim Ledogorov (Stepan Lebedev)
Uldis Lieldidz (Sergei Lebedev)
Yelena Fadeyeva (Maria Pavlovna)
Aleksandr Mikhajlov (Dreier)
Boris Shcherbakov (Kolotin)
Igor Ledogorov (Rakan)
Igor Yasulovich (Torki)
Gleb Strizhenov (Glan)
Vladimir Fyodorov (Turanchoks)
Yevgeni Karelskikh
G. Ivchenko
Armen Karapetyan
V. Kovalkov
K. Nikolaev
Lyudmila Nilskaya
Kh. Osipyan
S. Padchenko
Nikolai Timofeyev
Aleksei Vanin
Alternative Titles
Humanoid Woman – UK/US title
Per Aspera Ad Astra
To the Stars by Hard Ways – US title
References
Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.366
Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis pp.277-278
