Baikonur
95 mins
“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.
Alexander Asochakov
Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov
Yevgeniy Yefremov
Roscosmos-Boss
Nurlan Abilov
Timur
Muchit Izimov
Adylgey
Sayat Merekeuly
Agai
Yessim Seghizbayev
One-eyed Enemy
Oleg Poltoratskikh
Russian Cosmonaut
Michael Müller
German Cosmonaut
Pavel Babenko
Centrifuge Technician
Sanat Burakhanov
TV-Anchorman
Fedko Serezha
Guard Cemetery
German Korsunov
Guard Roscosmos
Shahmurat Nurasilov
Shepherd
Venera Aliyeva
Shepherd's girl
Veit Helmer
Director
Veit Helmer
Producer
Veit Helmer
Screenplay
Sergej Ashkenazy
Screenplay
Vincent Assmann
Editor
Nikolai Kanow
Cinematography
Daniela Baumgärtl
Writer
Bettina Ricklefs
Producer
Rosemarie Wintgen
Producer
Sonja Bream-Winzenried
Production Design
Gulnara Sarsenova
Co-Producer
Andreas Schreitmüller
Producer
Dagmar Mielke
Producer