The Mediator
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
219 min
Release Date
1990-12-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
15
Vote Average
5
Evgeniy Redko
Vakhitov
Olesya Sudzilovskaya
Nastya
Andrey Tarasenko
Sergei
Daria Sidorina
Dasha
Denis Chlenov
Zhenya
Inara Slucka
Zamyatina
Valeriy Storozhik
Zamyatin
Algis Matulionis
Kiselyov
Vilor Kuznetsov
Chernov
Stanislav Zhitaryov
Rubchenko
Valeriya Ustinova
Dasha's Mother
Ivan Pilipenko
Taxi Driver
Dmitri Matveyev
Ganin
Yuriy Breshin
Yuri
Oleg Filipenko
Projectionist
Yan Yanakiyev
Head of the Post Office
Artyom Karapetyan
Man at a Funeral / An Ambulance Doctor on the Highway
Zinaida Kulakova
Secretary
Shavkat Gaziyev
General
Maxim Dmitrochenkov
Clown
Vasily Maslennikov
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