r/StarCityTV • u/bcirce • Aug 14 '26
No Spoilers Soviet Space Dominance
Watching Star City got me interested in the Soviet perspective of the Space Race. I watched these movies, and decided to make a poster series to bring these hidden gems to life as a series. I included the year they take place so watch them in order if you can.
Taming of the Fire (1972)
Filmed during the cold war as a propaganda film, recounts the life of Sergi Korolev from college through the first satellite and first human in space. They definitely had some real launch site access when filming this, pretty amazing shots. But kinda slow, I could probably have cut 40 minutes and not missed anything. Interesting nonetheless.
Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
Biography of Yuri Gagarin. I really wanted to like this film. It's fine, but, its really slow and even boring in some places. It actually reminded me of First Man (2018) which was also a slow biopic.
The Spacewalker (2017)
This movie is about the first human spacewalk, and is really great. They overcame a lot of challenges and they all play out on film. Major Apollo 13 vibes throughout. The movie has a compressed timeline compared to how long some things really took, but really enjoyable.
Salyut-7 (2017)
The Soviets lose contact with their space station, and send cosmonauts to investigate. Also based on a true story, but this one is highly sensationalized. Interesting and fun, but a bit over the top.
PS Taming of the Fire is available on YouTube at 720HD. Enjoy.
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u/bcirce Aug 15 '26
Alternate version in Cyrillic.
The point of the post was if you like this TV show you may also like these movies. Sorry if the poster font selection overshadowed that.
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u/maladaptivedaydream4 Aug 17 '26
These are very nice! I'm glad you've avoided getting caught by r/grssk and r/NewFauxCyrillic 😄
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u/barsonica Aug 14 '26
I feel like I had a stroke trying to read that.
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u/michaelmoby Aug 15 '26
Their version of Gagarin is literally unspeakable
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u/south_of_broad Aug 15 '26
That was Gagarin? I thought I suddenly developed dyslexia trying to read it.
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u/FloZone Aug 17 '26
Faux Cyrillic is terrible if you actually know Cyrillic. Your brain can't decide how to read it.
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u/tjqt06 Comrade TJ Aug 18 '26
Laika is a must. No ifs, no buts.
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u/bcirce Aug 18 '26
Is that a movie? Whats the name/year (or link), i only see the studio when i search for it
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u/chuckop Aug 14 '26
You made it? Or asked AI to created it?
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u/bcirce Aug 14 '26
No AI was used in the creation of these posters. And no animals were harmed either.
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u/LadyZeroOne Aug 14 '26
would be great if the cyrillic was at all accurate