Viktor Morgenshtern

The picture is dedicated to the work of Soviet medical scientists who studied how stresses that are unknown under ordinary earthly conditions affect a living organism: overloads during exit from the atmosphere, a state of weightlessness, oxygen starvation. Experiments were first carried out on animals: dogs and rats, and later people also participated in the experiments.

Open details →

Soviet Scientist Petrovich pioneers the way to the Sun, but his spacecraft is never heard from again. Later, Andrew's laboratory investigates means of protection from deadly radiation. Andrew repeats Petrovich's journey, and offers his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.

Open details →

The film tells the story of how Vladimir Mayakovsky created his works. He did not need the silence of a study; he created constantly—everywhere and in any setting. The picture includes archival footage, including material from 1917, as well as Mayakovsky’s drawings. Viewers can also see the poet’s working notebook: on the left-hand pages he wrote down thoughts and images, and on the right-hand pages he shaped them into poetic lines.

Open details →