Baikonur
Baikonur
6.30
511 Votes

“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 & Crew
Alexander Asochakov
Iskander 'Gagarin' Orinbekov
Marie de Villepin
Julie Mahé
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Baikonur Chef (voice)
Yevgeniy Yefremov
Roscosmos-Boss
Muchit Izimov
Adylgey
Sergey Selyanov
Production/Producer
Veit Helmer
Writing/Screenplay
Veit Helmer
Directing/Director
Veit Helmer
Production/Producer
Sergej Ashkenazy
Writing/Screenplay
Andreas Schreitmüller
Production/Producer
Bettina Ricklefs
Production/Producer
Sergey Selyanov
Production/Co-Producer
Rosemarie Wintgen
Production/Producer
Dagmar Mielke
Production/Producer
Anna Katchko
Production/Co-Producer
Gulnara Sarsenova
Production/Co-Producer
Daniela Baumgärtl
Writing/Writer