Sputnik

Sputnik

The only survivor did not come back alone.

R 2020 · 113 min · ★ 6.5 (1K) · Science Fiction, Drama, Horror

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

Directed by Egor Abramenko · Written by Oleg Malovichko

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Oksana Akinshina Tatyana Klimova
Fyodor Bondarchuk Colonel Semiradov
Pyotr Fyodorov Konstantin Veshnyakov
Anton Vasilyev Yan Rigel
Aleksey Demidov Kirill Averchenko
Anna Nazarova Nurse
Albrecht Sander Convict Seryj
Vitaliya Kornienko Child in Orphanage
Vasily Zotov Biologist
Aleksandr Marushev Prisoner Ruben
Shamil Mukhamedov Adjutant of Semiradov
Ruslan Dzhaybekov Physiotherapist

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