The Andromeda Nebula
The Andromeda Nebula is a 1967 Soviet science fiction film starring Sergei Stolyarov and directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. The film was originally intended to be the first episode of a series of films, alternatively titled as The Andromeda Nebula: Episode I. Prisoners of the Iron Star, but the remaining parts were never made due to Stolyarov's death.
Plot
The film begins with a ceremonial pledge of allegiance by a young man before a monument shaped like a torch. His mentor, Mven Mas, reflects on his own coming-of-age under the guidance of the legendary space commander Erg Noor. News arrives that the 37th space expedition has been completed, and the starship Tantra is returning to Earth, but an anomaly disrupts its journey. Commander Erg Noor awakens from stasis to find the ship caught by the gravity of an "iron star" and must make a perilous emergency deceleration. With its fuel depleted, the crew faces the grim reality that rescue from Earth could take decades. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the stressed manager of the interstellar communication network "The Great Ring," Dar Veter, considers resigning. His personal turmoil deepens as he maintains a complicated relationship with his partner, Veda Kong, who is torn between her loyalty to Veter and lingering feelings for her former lover, Erg Noor, aboard the endangered Tantra.
More details
| author | Vladimir Dmitrevsky Yevgeny Sherstobitov |
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| director | Yevgeny Sherstobitov |
| genre | romance science fiction |
| keywords | alien ship end groundbreaking new generation other world space command young man |
| musicBy | Yakiv Lapynskyi |
| publisher | Goskino |