The Andromeda Nebula

This article is about the 1967 Soviet science fiction film. For other uses, see Andromeda nebula.

The Andromeda Nebula (Туманность Андромеды)
Directed by	Yevgeni Sherstobitov
Written by	Ivan Yefremov (novel)
Starring	Sergei Stolyarov Vija Artmane Nikolai Kryukov
Cinematography	Nikolai Zhuravlyov
Music by	Yakov Lapinsky
Distributed by	Goskino
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Andromeda Nebula (Russian: Туманность Андромеды) 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 is based upon the 1957 novel Andromeda Nebula by Ivan Yefremov. It follows the story of a group of humans on the spaceship Tantra who are tasked with investigating the home planet of an alien race. They discover that artificial radioactivity has killed almost all life on that planet. During the voyage home the ship is trapped by the gravitational force of an iron star and lands on a planet orbiting the star. Surrounded by predators who destroy human nervous system through space suits, the crew has to fight to see Earth again.

Reception

The film was considered by some in the Soviet Union as being mildly pornographic at time of release and a review in the magazine of the Communist Party of Great Britain, Marxism Today, fifteen years later, noted the "Russian space tits controversy" as an example of "both increasing boundaries of the permissable as well as showing increased censorship in the early Brezhnev era".

Cast

Actor	Role
Sergei Stolyarov	Dar Veter
Vija Artmane	Veda Kong
Nikolai Kryukov	Erg Noor
Tatyana Voloshina	Niza Krit
Lado Tskhvariashvili	Mven Mas
Aleksandr Gaj	Pur Zhis
Roman Khomyatov	Kim
Lyudmila Chursina	Louma Lasvi
Marina Yurasova	Ingrid Ditra
Gennadi Yukhtin	Eon Tal
Alexander Goloborodko	Ren Boz
Valeriy Panarin	Holm

References

• Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)

External links

• The Andromeda Nebula at IMDb