Man's place in the universe has never been contemplated quite the way it is inthis singular documentary. Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev's ten months onboard the Mir space station are captured in footage shot during hisrecord-breaking visit to the heavens, which is contrasted with images of the collapse of the Soviet Union from 1991 to 1992. While Krikalev was away from Earth, the empire that sent him to space ceased to exist, his hometown of Leningrad became St. Petersburg, and the nature of global affairs underwentmassive change. Yet the extraterrestrial shots and scenes have the effect of somehow dwarfing and distancing these historic events however momentous. Galaxies like grains of sand spread across the sky and even the epochal sights of the collapse of the Soviet state shrivel in comparison" (Michael"Wilmington, Chicago Tribune). In Russian with English subtitles. Andrei Ujica---Germany---1995---96 mins.Directed by: Ujica, AndreiRunning time: 0Year: 1995Russian with English Subtitles
