The Spacewalker

Original title: Vremya pervykh

2017
12A
2h 17m

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Trying to hold the lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.Trying to hold the lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.Trying to hold the lead in the Space Race, the Soviet Union is preparing two cosmonauts for the first spacewalk.

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7.2/10

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Awards
- 9 wins & 8 nominations total

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7/10

The right stuff

I liked watching this movie maybe even more than watching "The Right Stuff". Probably because it tells the story of the Sovjet efforts of the space race. Throughout the movie I couldn't help thinking it was an American movie as there was a continuous criticism towards the Sovjet era. Some can be explained by the changed political system, but still.... And is it so much different now? Maybe it just proves that we were always right when trying to imagine how life was there. Or the film is just intended to be watched by the Western world and they like to confirm many of the clichés.

But I'm glad this film is made. A lot of movies are made on the American efforts when in fact the Sovjets won all battles except the ultimate one (putting a man on the moon). Interesting too how both sides solved the problems in different ways. All top German scientists fled to the US and still the Russians were able to win the most battles.

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Jan 26, 2018
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Trivia
The real Alexey Leonov was still alive and helped with the details and realism. The movie is "in memory of Pavel Belyaev", dead long before the movie release.

Goofs
The helicopters searching for the crew in the Taiga are Mi-17s. Or, the maiden flight of the Mi-17 took place only in 1975.

Quotes
Leonid Brezhnev: [over radio] How are you, son?
Alexey Leonov: [from space] I report: My mind is clear. Sight is not disturbed. Sense of direction is not disturbed. Man is able to function in space. Man can work in space!

Alternate versions
Later released as "Spacewalker" (with 'ER' at the end) with dubbed English dialogue as an option. The original 2017 "Spacewalk" version is in Russian only, with English subtitles available.