The Mediator (1990)
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.
Director:
Vladimir Potapov
Writer:
Alexander Mirer
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Evgeniy Redko as Vakhitov |
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Olesya Sudzilovskaya as Nastya |
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Andrey Tarasenko as Sergei |
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Daria Sidorina as Dasha |
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Denis Chlenov as Zhenya |
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Inara Slucka as Zamyatina |
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Valeriy Storozhik as Zamyatin |
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Algis Matulionis as Kiselyov |
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Vilor Kuznetsov as Chernov |
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Stanislav Zhitaryov as Rubchenko |
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Valeriya Ustinova as Dasha's Mother |
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Ivan Pilipenko as Taxi Driver |
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Dmitri Matveyev as Ganin |
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Yuriy Breshin as Yuri |
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Oleg Filipenko as Projectionist |
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Yan Yanakiyev as Head of the Post Office |
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Artyom Karapetyan as Man at a Funeral / An Ambulance Doctor on the Highway |
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Zinaida Kulakova as Secretary |
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Shavkat Gaziyev as General |
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Maxim Dmitrochenkov as Clown |
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Vasily Maslennikov as |
| Camera | Yuri Yelkhov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Vladimir Potapov | Director |
| Camera | Emmanuil Tafel | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Chekasin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Alexander Mirer | Screenplay |
| Crew | Viktor Glazkov | Special Effects |
| Art | Oleg Kramorenko | Production Design |
| Editing | Nadezhda Pribylovskaya | Editor |
| Editing | Marina Glotova | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Lyubov Khvostova | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Alexander Mirer | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Tikhomirova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ilshat Shugayev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Aleksei Razoryonov | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sofya Filenova | Makeup Artist |
