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Per Aspera Ad Astra (Russian: Через тернии к звёздам, USA screen name - Through the Thorns to the Stars; Humanoid Woman) is a 1981 Soviet film directed by Richard Viktorov based on a novel by Kir Bulychov.
On December 27, 2001, a new restored version directed by Nikolai Viktorov, the son of the original film's director, was released as the 20th anniversary edition. The film featured revised special effects by the Paradox company and an all-new soundtrack in Dolby Digital; however, the film length was cut by twenty-five minutes to speed up the dynamics of the plot, but also some episodes with Soviet ideological context were also cut.
A heavily-edited (missing almost an hour of footage), English-dubbed version of the film (under the title Humanoid Woman) was featured on an early episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Original Release
06/06/1980
US Release
10/10/1980
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yelena Metyolkina | Niya / Niyya |
Nadezhda Sementsova | Professor Nadezhda Ivanova |
Vadim Ledogorov | Cadet Stepan Lebedev |
Uldis Lieldidzs | Sergei Lebedev |
Yelena Fadeyeva | Maria Pavlovna |
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky | Petr Petrovich |
Aleksandr Lazarev | Professor Klimov |
Aleksandr Mikhaylov | Dreier |
Boris Shcherbakov | Navigator Kolotin / Navigator Kolotun |
Igor Ledogorov | Ambassador Rakan |
Directors
Nikolay Viktorov, Richard Viktorov
Writers
Richard Viktorov, Kir Bulychyov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yelena Metyolkina | Niya / Niyya |
Nadezhda Sementsova | Professor Nadezhda Ivanova |
Vadim Ledogorov | Cadet Stepan Lebedev |
Uldis Lieldidzs | Sergei Lebedev |
Yelena Fadeyeva | Maria Pavlovna |
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky | Petr Petrovich |
Aleksandr Lazarev | Professor Klimov |
Aleksandr Mikhaylov | Dreier |
Boris Shcherbakov | Navigator Kolotin / Navigator Kolotun |
Igor Ledogorov | Ambassador Rakan |
Gleb Strizhenov | Glan |
Vladimir Fyodorov | Turanchoks |
Nikolai Timofeyev | |
Evgeniy Karelskikh | |
Lyudmila Nilskaya | Selena |
S. Radchenko | |
Aleksey Vanin | |
Artyom Karapetyan | Uchastnik soveschaniya |
Vladislav Kovalkov | (as V. Kovalkov) |
Kh. Osipyan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sandy Frank | Producer |