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Release Date:
December 22, 1990
Original Title:
Посредник
Alternate Titles:
Posrednik
Genres:
Action | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Gorky Film Studios
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 219
In an ordinary industrial Soviet town, notable only for presence of a radio-telescope, people start behaving strangely, in a robotic manner, while assuming geometry-inspired aliases and organizing into a new hierarchy. The phenomenon spreads via a device of alien origin, called “the mediator”, capable of implanting extraterrestrial minds into human bodies. The aliens are bound by limitations of the terrestrial technology, having to use the means at the disposal of humans to prepare the grounds for the full-scale invasion. With “the mediator" being unable to subdue minds of children, lunatics, geniuses, and rebels, a struggle over the fate of the town and the human civilization ensues.
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Additional Director of Photography:
Emmanuil Tafel
Assistant Editor:
Marina Glotova
Lyubov Khvostova
Costume Design:
Marina Tikhomirova
Director:
Vladimir Potapov
Director of Photography:
Yuri Yelkhov
Ilshat Shugayev
Editor:
Nadezhda Pribylovskaya
Makeup Artist:
Sofya Filyonova
Novel:
Alexander Mirer
Original Music Composer:
Vladimir Chekasin
Production Design:
Oleg Kramorenko
Screenplay:
Alexander Mirer
Sound:
Aleksei Razoryonov
Special Effects:
Viktor Glazkov
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