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The Challenge

The Challenge

2023•2h 44m•6.9/10
Drama

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6.9/10(48)

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?

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Production

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

Language

RU

Status

Released

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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

Ivanov

Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Shkaplerov

Elena Valyushkina

Elena Valyushkina

Galina

Varvara Volodina

Varvara Volodina

Masha

Andrey Shchepochkin

Andrey Shchepochkin

Valentin Borisovich

Aleksandr Baluev

Aleksandr Baluev

Valentin Borisovich

Igor Gordin

Igor Gordin

Dmitriy Yuryevich

Aleksey Barabash

Aleksey Barabash

Aleksey Grishin

Aleksey Grishin

Simonov

Arthur Beschastny

Arthur Beschastny

Vasya

Benik Arakelyan

Benik Arakelyan

Rafik

Pyotr Dubrov

Pyotr Kudryavtsev

Yulia Konyukhova

Yulia Konyukhova

doctor

Semen Shteinberg

Semen Shteinberg

Kirill

Evgeniya Akhremenko

Evgeniya Akhremenko

doctor

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