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
Sergei Plotnikov
Алмаз Битый
Ihor Shkuryn
Алмаз Битый (молодой)
Mariya Kapnist
Милица Фёдоровна
Dilorom Kambarova
Милица Фёдоровна (молодая)
Raisa Kurkina
Елена Сергеевна
Veronika Izotova
Елена Сергеевна (молодая)
Viktor Pavlov
Корнелий Удалов
Lyudmila Ivanova
Ксения Удалова
Maya Menglet
Ванда
Yelena Tonunts
Vanda (young)
Boris Ivanov
Никита Савич
Sergey Zhigunov
Александр Грубин (молодой)
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.
SU
