I watched the Russian movie Salyut 7 over the weekend and was very impressed with the whole film, which is based on the rescue of the space station after contact had been lost with it. In June 1985, the crew of Soyuz T-13, Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh, traveled to Salyut 7 and brought it back to life. The mission has been called the “Apollo 13” of the Soviet space program.
At first, I got confused because the two main characters,
the cosmonauts, were not given the full names of the real life cosmonauts. Vladimir Vdovichenkov played Vladimir
Fyodorov (Dzhanibekov) and cutie(!) Pavel Derenvyanko played Viktor Alyokhin
(Savinykh).
As I expected, the events of the real mission were
embellished and over-dramatized for the film version. For instance, Salyut 7 was crippled by a
faulty electrical sensor, which determined when batteries needed charging. Not meteorites, as in the film.
Also, a fire did not break out on the Soyuz module, causing Vladimir
to don a space suit and blow the hatch putting out the fire.
Still, the movie had a lot of suspenseful moments and had
some awesome special effects. The version
I saw has English subtitles, so it was easy to watch. Even if you are not a space history buff like
me, you will enjoy it for the drama and suspense.
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