Baikonur

Synopsis

“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.

Main Cast

Alexander Asochakov

Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marie de Villepin

Julie Mahé

Age : 38 | Popularity : 7%

Sitora Farmonova

Nazira

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Erbulat Toguzakov

Rustam

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Waléra Kanischtscheff

Baikonur Chef (voice)

Age : 58 | Popularity : 4%

Yevgeniy Yefremov

Roscosmos-Boss

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nurlan Abilov

Timur

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Muchit Izimov

Adylgey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Andreas Schreitmüller Bettina Ricklefs Sergei Selyanov Veit Helmer Rosemarie Wintgen Dagmar Mielke
	Co-Producer	Anna Katchko Gulnara Sarsenova
Crew	Cinematography	Nikolai Kanow
Writing	Screenplay	Veit Helmer Sergej Ashkenazy
	Writer	Daniela Baumgärtl
Directing	Director	Veit Helmer
Editing	Editor	Vincent Assmann
Sound	Original Music Composer	Goran Bregović
Art	Production Design	Sonja Bream-Winzenried
Department	Role	Name

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