The story of alien Niyi found in space, who gets used to ordinary life in a Soviet family and learns about her special destiny. This film is one of the classics of Soviet fiction based on the novel by Kir Bulychev and one of the main domestic films of the era of the arms race. Charming retrofuturism, vintage special effects, and music by Alexei Rybnikov was the answer to Star Wars in the Brezhnev USSR.
Through Hardship to the Stars
Directed by Richard Viktorov, Nikolay Viktorov
USSR, 1980, 148 minutes, 6+
