Return from the Stars

The read

The series ran 1 season across 6 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

Soviet miniseries based on Stanislav Lem's book "Powrót z gwiazd" (Return from the Stars). After 9-year interstellar expedition to Fomalhaut, the astronauts returned home. On Earth 127 years had passed and everything had changed. The Earth no longer has wars, and the society is a safe and comfortable place to live, due to betrization prodcedure that turns off natural aggressive instincts at birth. But the humanity has last something more. In this Uttopian society people don't need deep emotions, a strong character, the ability to overcome oneself and win at incredible odds. Before the main character there is a choice: to accept the new norms of society, or to be seen as a savage. Or maybe to leave the Earth again on another expedition?

Ratings

Seasons

Key crew

• O. LarionovDirector
• E. VaisbrotWriter
• R. NudelmanWriter
• Stanisław LemWriter
• Vladimir LatyshevDirector

Cast

• Valeri SolovyevEl Bregg
• Vladimir NekrasovOlaff
• Olga OnishchenkoNyees
• Maria ThorzhevskayaAyen
• Ivan KraskoRemer
• Yelena PertzevaEri
• V. MelnikovMardger
• Mikhail MatveevTruber
• Anastasia VlasovaPsychologist
• Valeri KuzinDoctor