The Challenge
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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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Cast
37 people
Yulia Peresild
Evgenia Belyaeva
Known for
Battle for Sevastopol
A Rough Draft
Miloš Biković
Vladislav Nikolaev
Known for
Balkan Line
Son of a Rich
Klim Shipenko
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Salyut-7
How Derevyanko Lomonosov Played
Alyona Mordovina
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Call DiCaprio!
Удар
Vladimir Mashkov
Volin
Known for
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Behind Enemy Lines
Oleg Novitsky
Ivanov
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Thomas Pesquet : L'Envoyé spatial
Anton Shkaplerov
Anton Shkaplerov
Also in
Вызов. Первые в космосе
Elena Valyushkina
Galina
Known for
Bitterly!
Black Lightning
Varvara Volodina
Masha
Also in
The Duel Club
Overheard in Rybinsk
Andrey Shchepochkin
Valentin Borisovich
Known for
Text
Aleksandr Baluev
Valentin Borisovich
Known for
The Peacemaker
The Banishment
Igor Gordin
Dmitriy Yuryevich
Known for
The Big Game
Klim Shipenko Director · Bakur Bakuradze Writer Ilya Malakhova Writer
First release April 20, 2023 · Produced in Russia · Production Roscosmos, Channel One
Production
Yellow, Black & White
Production
Roscosmos
Production
Channel One
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START Studio
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Central Partnership
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Glavkosmos
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Cinema Foundation of Russia
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Russia
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Original title
Вызов
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 20, 2023
Theatrical · Централ Партнершип
No release date listed for United States.
China
November 1, 2023 · Premiere · China Golden Rooster&Hundred Flowers Film Festival
March 15, 2024 · Theatrical
June 16, 2024 · Digital
Nepal
April 3, 2026 · Premiere · Nepal International Film Festival
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