In the middle of the 17th century, a Cossack named Almaz Bitiy saves an alien from a certain death. In gratitude, he gives the Earthman an elixir of youth.
Costume
Cossack fur hats meet alien rubber suits.
Production
Budget was clearly spent on ambition, not effects.
Director
Aleksandr Mayorov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot during Perestroika's early days, when Soviet cinema briefly embraced bizarre genre experiments before funding collapsed.
The Cossack-alien friendship mirrors Soviet-era 'friendship of peoples' propaganda, just with spaceships.