The Challenge

The Challenge

2023
★★★★☆ 7.1/10
⏱️ 164 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 RU
Drama
Thoracic surgeon Evgenia Belyaeva has one month to prepare for a flight to the International Space Station, where she must operate on a crew member. Will she be up for the challenge? Can she overcome her fears and insecurities? Will she be able to perform the complicated surgery in zero gravity, and give the cosmonaut a chance to return to Earth alive?

Cast

Yulia Peresild
Yulia Peresild
Evgenia Belyaeva
Miloš Biković
Miloš Biković
Vladislav Nikolaev
Klim Shipenko
Klim Shipenko
Alyona Mordovina
Alyona Mordovina
Vladimir Mashkov
Vladimir Mashkov
Volin
Oleg Novitsky
Oleg Novitsky
Ivanov

User Reviews

deepkino
★ 7/10
The first feature-length film shot in space by professional filmmakers. A portion was filmed on the International Space Station. Also, if you're curious, it provides quite satisfying information about breast surgery, preparation for space travel, and the basic aspects of life in space!
July 5, 2025

Crew

Director
Klim Shipenko
Writer
Klim Shipenko, Bakur Bakuradze, Ilya Malakhova
Producer
Denis Zhalinsky, Sergey Titinkov, Alexey Trotsyuk

Production

Yellow, Black & White, Roscosmos, Channel One, START Studio, Central Partnership, Glavkosmos

Keywords

space missioninternational space station (iss)