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CTB Film Company
Star.KZ Tandem Production
Eurasia Film Production
ARTE
RBB
BR
Baikonur
Overview
“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.
Key Crew
Director: Veit Helmer
Producer: Veit Helmer, Sergei Selyanov, Bettina Ricklefs, Rosemarie Wintgen, Andreas Schreitmüller, Dagmar Mielke
Screenplay: Veit Helmer, Sergej Ashkenazy
Writer: Daniela Baumgärtl
Top Cast
Alexander Asochakov
Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov
Marie de Villepin
Julie Mahé
Sitora Farmonova
Nazira
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Baikonur Chef (voice)
Yevgeniy Yefremov
Roscosmos-Boss
Nurlan Abilov
Timur
Muchit Izimov
Adylgey
Sayat Merekeuly
Agai
Videos
Baikonur | Trailer english
