Astronaut Crashes On Unknown Planet But It Is Inhabited By People From 1900 AD

The year 2157. Astronaut Max makes an emergency landing on an unexplored planet, where he is taken prisoner by the aborigine Zef and surrendered to the authorities. The local social order resembles a militaristic dictatorship of the 20th century. The power belongs to anonymous rulers, the Unknown Fathers, who erect towers throughout the country, which propaganda calls anti-ballistic.
Movie - Dark Planet (2008)
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[@pakde8002]

Can't believe they got all that in a single movie! Feels more like a miniseries.

[@Darth_Enotious]

Technically they didn't. They had to cut it in two parts with total run te of 215 minutes

[@douglasbushong3920]

I thought the same thing about half way through. Crazy.

[@vintagetintrader1062]

Must be 20 hours long

[@TheBooban]

This movie was complicated.

[@cooswillemse7551]

This is amazing!! I have never heard of this movie…….!

[@TheWirdbird]

Max look like a surfer. 😂😂

[@bigben1986]

lol he does

[@criticalmasseu1]

Well in the book, on which the movie is based, Max supposed to look like a Superman, perfect. So the actor was chosen correctly for that role.

[@StackingSurfer]

And a gold stacker at that

[@PenArrowNation]

He’s a galaxy surfer

[@carcrash1875]

Russian surfer

[@ElSerpienteSolida69]

did we just watch a Warhammer 40k movie about a lost son of the Emperor?

[@voltron8375]

Basically

[@samiullahk7223]

No the father's are the people who run US😂.

[@BogdanTestsSoftware]

A "Unknown Planet ... Inhabited By People From 1900 AD" from the title is such an undersell. I see elements from 1984 and others but this plot stands on its own

[@Mindsi]

Logan’s run?

[@johnlucas9477]

Prisoners of Power. A 1969 Soviet SiFi novel.

[@tacokoneko]

thats crazy that the bad guys justification was in fact "hitler was necessary for society to progress" i mean is it really that much of a communist fantasy to think you could skip slavery and go straight to equal rights?

[@18MauriceEmil97]

@@johnlucas9477 "Inhabited island"(rus. "Обитаемый остров"). I don’t understand where you got such a strange title for the novel...

[@Kotroniusz]

It's fascinating to see Max's smile gradually disappears during the story... Fascinating but also very sad😢

[@Mansikkacake]

I've never heard of this actor so I wikied him and got more sad.

[@mikezharov725]

It's based on a book called Inhabited Island / Prisoners of Power (1967) by soviet authors Strugatsky who also wrote Roadside Picnic/Stalker the state Max-sim lands in is meant as a allusion to the soviet state and the mentality of soviet citizen in that time period. Isolated from the western world, concious that their regime is lying, but also mistrustfull of the intentions of foreigners , and most of all fearfull of another great war ravaging their lands again, eager to believe that the might of the state will at least protect them from that. And so secumbing to the picture of the outside world their state wished to paint. Hense all the references to Homeland and Forgotten Fathers and the geopolitical situation of the time.

[@aleksandermilanovic]

👏🥂

[@twirth8906]

You mean Russian author. Soviet is not a nation.

[@mikezharov725]

@@twirth8906 i'm using the term because their literature was celebrated as a sci fi classics and national treasure of the entire late soviet state also i'm not sure they gave any importance to their nationality either.

[@twirth8906]

@@mikezharov725 Oh yes., they did. They were Russian, Estonian etc. And the stories were written in Russian or Estonian etc. Not in Soviet. The Sovietunion is a political term.

[@mikezharov725]

​@@twirth8906 soviet union is also a geographic and historic term, just like Tsarist Russia, or 13 colonies, or wermacht So before you start assigning nationalities to them consider that the majority of their work, their so called noon universe is dealing based on a alternate future earth where socialism has triumphed and brought about global prosperity and equality. so frankly soviet author fits in all categories including political. never had anyone prickle at the term soviet author before. if the entire funds of the soviet union where used to pay for the "russian" space program or "ukranian" microprocessors that also marks them as soviet achievements rather then national ones does it not?

[@turk88]

pretty awesome backstory and visuals for a low budget flick.

[@Darth_Enotious]

2 parts combined had budget of 36.6 millions USD

[@raullruizz3883]

Sarcasm Love it

[@manfredschultz9619]

Thinking the same thing

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

these types of films are never uplifting if they were made in the west. look how it subverts expectations during the final boss fight.

[@TheElMuffin]

It was one of the most expensive Russian movies at the time.

[@FlippedHands]

Hey this actually looks really cool! Thanks!

[@StarvinitySaga]

100%

[@drewdowne3117]

He wants to fight against inflation. We need him in our world!!

[@aguasanta]

We just need to stop printing money mindlessly

[@yosta29]

No one is coming to save our a**

[@dervis621]

Orban in disguise. :D He will save Hungary from the "war inflation" which caused by the EU when aided Ukraine! ...and other compete bullshits from the hungarian propaganda.

[@CoryPchajek]

@@aguasantainflation is part of the plan. It doesn’t hurt the rich - only the poor.

[@TheWorldBelow360]

And bless us now, kraftwerkers forever, with Kafkaesque flasks that come down to fatten these Fakirs who have flattened these towns! The Fruits of our Labor will never be let out! Save thru purchase by sacrifice!

[@mach-symroscisawski1560]

It is based on a Soviet cult book "obitayemyi ostrov' - inhabited island. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky - great book, absolute must to read to understand Soviet Era and the Power of SF in the Red Empire. And the book itself is a part of a Universum - Noon of Humanity. Beautiful hero's arch and deep sadness. Max originaly was called Maksym (mach-sym) Rościsławski - Soviet censors decided it to be too Polish so in later editions his surname is Kamerrer.

[@giorgiomunzini4819]

Thanks so much for the info,, I will look that up too👍😎

[@Kotroniusz]

I'm not sure if it's because of censorship, since it's explained later that nobody could spell it, so he changed it to a simpler one, but he's still Rościsławski. Greetings for all fans of Strugacki brothers❤

[@taterkaze9428]

"the radiation from the towers robs people of their ability to think critically" - amazing that Soviet-era protest SciFi parallels America's problems with Yambo and his cult of ignorant hillbillies. The protagonist Max is liberal in all views. The world he visits is the dystopian culmination of fascism.

[@brieziethirteen13]

Thank you, I havent read that one!

[@aocg1914]

This is WARHAMMER 40K textbook universe..

[@John-gx2ry]

Max is insanely handsome. It helps in all off world sci fi adventures

[@marshall886]

I think he would struggle in Hollywood because it is too generic.

[@TheElMuffin]

In the books it is heavily implied that humanity has evolved in some ways. Max can feel radiation and it's effect on his body, he survives wounds we would consider incompatible with life, and can see in the dark. Ironically, the actor was dubbed because he has a speech impediment.

[@carcrash1875]

@@marshall886 or too *genetic*.

[@abdulazaltoshkhujaev9488]

BTW this is a russian movie😳✌

[@leom6624]

So?

[@A1Googler]

Figured

[@alansmit9198]

Gay?

[@matchesmalone1152]

Whats the title?

[@abdulazaltoshkhujaev9488]

​@@matchesmalone1152 Обитаемый остров часть 1,2 (Inhabited island part 1, 2)

[@wbbartlett]

Imagine going to the largest city on the other side of the world where you meet a stranger, let's call him Guy. Then many hours later, miles away from where you met Guy you strike up a conversation with a second stranger. How likely is it, that amongst millions of people in the city, this second person just happens to be Guy's sister?

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

quite unlikely

[@sureshot8399]

50/50 - either she does or she doesn't.

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

@@internetcomments950 an option i did not consider.....but one that now that i think is likely

[@Australian_Made]

​@@internetcomments950 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fermion.]

@@sureshot8399 Who does or doesn't what? What are you talking about?

[@xamurai00]

This actor should have been cast as Adam Warlock.

[@ravinraven6913]

yea too bad he only speaks russian.

[@Supernatpy]

@@ravinraven6913 in this movie another actor did his voice, cause he has some pronunciation issues

[@nth7273]

should be in Zoolander

[@oneksalami7791]

That’s wussup

[@user-wn7bp1oh3k]

On April 10, 2017, the actor fell from the 3rd floor of his house and suffered a broken arm and leg. According to Stepanov, he tried to get a cat that ran out of the apartment, but slipped and fell off the visor. He stopped being an actor in 2018, and in 2019 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia

[@davidcraddock7414]

I remember seeing this randomly one day, ended up loving it.

[@bev8200]

So many good stories I haven’t seen

[@thanoshalo7102]

This Max guy should have played Adam Warlock.

[@LionKimbro]

this looks infinitely better than Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

[@itz_officialgagan]

Hi , fantastic video and backgound music . could I know from where you owed this Background music. Please.. I really need this.

[@YourLifeWasting]

I don't think that white tank top shirt is NASA approved

[@charlotteantiquepowerengin6277]

That NASA hair conditioner is working out pretty good though.

[@ravinraven6913]

well hes Russian so you got the wrong space agency. All this guy does is foreign films...

[@StarvinitySaga]

😄

[@ChirstInTheDistance]

No, it's drip approved.

[@carcrash1875]

No NASA at all, but ROSCOSMOS 😆

[@jdit9758]

The production value of this movie looks surprisingly great

[@giorgiomunzini4819]

Wow, sounds like a decent movie,, never saw it or heard about it,, I will definitely look it up 👌😎

[@hugehappygrin]

it, likely, never came to the US. Too close to the way things are now.

[@adriankung1625]

@@hugehappygrin My thoughts too. Assumed it was a Soviet era thing at first, but then it started to look like the here and now too...Oh wait -- it's easier to fool someone, than to convince them that they've been fooled -- pretty fitting, becoming my Mantra, sadly.

[@Ivan-ep8mn]

It is meant to based on an AMAZING soviet era sci-fi book series by Strugatsky brothers. Books are out-of-this-world great, but this adaptation - not so much

[@editfazekas3854]

It is a better sci-fi than anything Hollywood has produced in the last 40 years.

[@grizzlymelon8376]

What's the book series called?

[@criticalmasseu1]

@@grizzlymelon8376 the book, movie is based is called "inhabitant island" by Strugatsky brothers. The rest you can find on your own.

[@carcrash1875]

​@@editfazekas3854 Except Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, DC Comics or Battlestar Galactica. Forgot Dune Forgot Stargate

[@dragani2330]

Reminds me of the film: "Hard to be a god". Similar setting. Both are good storytelling.

[@alexkachur6358]

And the same authors, brothers Strugatsky.

[@user-wn7bp1oh3k]

Both films are based on books by the same writers. The action of books (BUT NOT MOVIES!) It takes place in the same universe

[@mcdonaldtrump228]

Looks good

[@davidgarcia8782]

Max waa on his way back from a Jack Johnson concert.

[@carcrash1875]

No Jack Johnson but Alla Pugachova

[@yogidemis8513]

This is a movie I'll look into, seems like a decent movie to watch.

[@ravinraven6913]

if you want to read subtitles and listen to russian....like people here don't know this guy doesn't really do ENGLISH videos.

[@canadapapers]

Very good movie. Never heard of it . I wish I had seen complete. Anyway not bad

[@ravinraven6913]

its russian so you probably won't ever see it

[@raycuevas7577]

Really cool movie. I loved it

[@ravinraven6913]

how was the subtitles? since its in russian

[@StarvinitySaga]

I had never heard of this before watching this. Crazy how it came out in 2008 and I'm just now seeing it even though I'm really into sci-fi. It had a sizable budget too, I guess Russian films just don't get as much worldwide advertising.

[@AntonioZephiel]

"Ill give you my sister if you just go back where you came from." LOL

[@HaeikeVraeik]

Well, the place where he came from is definitely a better place to live in, so why not if he loves his sister?

[@bakpaokacang9651]

eliminate the spaceship thing and you get...Equilibrium

[@davidturner4824]

Great story.

[@cindaschuster6725]

Max sure is easy on the eyes. 👍🏻

[@lightbearer313]

The Wanderer is similar to John Gill in the Star Trek episode 'Patterns of Force', except he is younger and retains his energy.

[@nancyomalley6286]

Love that episode!

[@crimsonlightbinder]

the fact that max is from the future has absolutely no point and is not brought again after the first couple of minutes, a sign of a quality movie 😂😂😂

[@hugehappygrin]

not actually from the future, but from Earth. the planet he landed on is not Earth.

[@ravinraven6913]

but hes not from the future...did you miss something or just stop watching?

[@Drak_Thedp]

​​@@hugehappygrinWell. He is from the future to us because the whole action is in the future.

[@doomedbringer]

@@Drak_Thedpwell they don’t need to beat us over the head with it. The intro to the concept was enough really

[@badas45]

Great films

[@stfugtforoflmaoggwpfmlwc]

Prisoners of Power (orig. Inhabited Island) book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

[@Zockopa]

Grabbed the DVDs from a bargain bin years ago. Its actualy pretty decent and definitly not low budget.

[@Worldsgonetohellinahandbasket]

What's the movie title?

[@Zockopa]

@@Worldsgonetohellinahandbasket I have the extendet cut 2 disc version of Dark Planet. It contains Disc 1 "The Inhabited Island" and disc 2 "Rebellion". It was directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. (He also plays the role of the prosecutor Umnik.) Imho in Russia a more prominent director and actor. BTW he also directed both "Attraction" movies. Anyway,the version i have was released by Capelight and has a combined playtime of ~ 220 min. If you will this is a directors cut version of the originaly released cinema version - which was around 100 min shorter. Personaly i only know this 2 DVD version,because i bought it for 5 bucks on a hunch,and think it counts to the better SF released around that time. In the west the cinema version was ripped apart by critics. PS.: I got that one main point of critisizm was the main role actor. But imho thats BS,because he perfectly played his role as a individuum from a superior civilisation. From his pov he is stranded in a "middle age" barbaric society and he views on it with that certain arrogance of youth perspective.

[@criticalmasseu1]

@@Zockopa you are dead on point with everything you wrote. Especially about the actor being the right fit for an arrogant character.

[@StarvinitySaga]

Looks interesting.

[@AFar-sl2sm]

The government is controlling us with their 5G towers 😂

[@raullruizz3883]

Get out of here maga

[@ravinraven6913]

it's russian, so yea....

[@siphesihlempungose6604]

😂😂😂

[@TheKurgain]

Reality is stranger than fiction.

[@rizzamaeong]

Orwellian dystopia is now. Sadly..

[@Shnawg_Bluddington]

vasily stepanov what a chad

[@kpromoorg]

masaraksch!

[@milanamughal]

This is an old Russian movie, filmed after Strugatski brothers novel “The Inhabited Island”.

[@hugehappygrin]

didn't they also write Day Shift and Night Shift, or was that someone else?

[@devansa125]

No,it was Luk'yanenko.​@@hugehappygrin

[@restwiththetablet]

@@hugehappygrin this is from books series "Мир Полудня" ("The World of Noon")

[@gustavopaez2444]

With the name Dark Planet i thought it was a sequel to Dark City, it would have been a great if it was that sequel, thanks for the review and keep it up, you dont know how much your voice helps me be not alone.

[@ravinraven6913]

no just a russian video....probably doesn't have anything to do with dark horse, dark world or Dark plane either, just using the same adjective...

[@sneedfeed3179]

The movie is Russian and is called Inhabited Island, idk why they chose to change the name for that international release

[@magicsinglez]

This is the most complicated movie of all time.

[@oyedejijonathan9538]

Mediated stimulated reality. This is what the movie is all about

[@Karuzen]

GL with that inflation part lol

[@yovotech]

I remember there is a second movie which concludes this story. The title was something with an island.

[@adamndirtyape]

'Something With an Island' is my favorite movie...

[@ravinraven6913]

uh...its called dark planet: rebellion. These are books that go into detail

[@tempest7581]

I read exactly this story years ago in an old book from the library. The basic story may be from the 60s.

[@cooswillemse7551]

Where do you get these movies? Ffs never heard of any of them you cover . Are they real??? Looks so good

[@ravinraven6913]

maybe you should look at the foreign section because none of these movies are actually english.

[@hanoiboy9839]

I saw recently this magnificent movie in Russian, excellent. Russians do make good movies, especially war movies.

[@zero_duif4074]

What is the name of this movie

[@hanoiboy9839]

@@zero_duif4074 obitayemyi ostrov

[@constantinelheman]

There’s a strong 80s vibe in this film.

[@shadowreaver1851]

Wow, This sounds super interesting. Why have I never heard of this movie?

[@hugehappygrin]

because it too closely resembles the illuminati's plan for America. Illuminati = military industrial complex + academia + media + government agencies.

[@stevenpike7857]

Thank god he's gorgeous. You can't have a hero conquering the world that is average or below average looking.

[@hugehappygrin]

but that would make more sense, being ugly or nondescript. By the way, according to the CIA, officers are always nondescript or easily missed in a crowd, except the XX phenotypes aka Swallows(as in the bird). Swallows use sex, exclusively, to get information.

[@drmayeda1930]

What happened to that other woman... Rada? the one who was in cryosleep in the end he has a different companion rgeta

[@Drak_Thedp]

The thing is, that's how the people of the Earth look like in the lore. It's based on a soviet sci-fi book 'Inhabited Island' by Arkadiy and Boris Strugatsky. The action takes place during the 'World of Noon' - the pinnacle of humanity's development, when humans have achieved Communism in its ideal form - everyone is doing what they like and aspiring to do better, and work for the betterment of humanity. So, humans have beaten diseases, achieved interstellar travel on organic(mushroom-based) ships, and so on and so forth. And strong healthy and beautiful humans like Max, are the norm.

[@drmayeda1930]

@@Drak_Thedp I'll have to put this movie on the watchlist of movies to look for. I couldn't''t find it

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

​@@Drak_ThedpIn reality, people will try to grow cat ears and tails with all that tech lmao. There will be a lot of subspecies of humans.

[@magicsinglez]

Sammy Hagar does a good job in this movie.

[@Wakura_Does_Art]

"Fight against inflation" (*New enemy target acquired by Pyrocynical engaging termination protocols*) 😅😆

[@chriswillhite2143]

Love the ending that Max is now home and will fight against inflation. Greatness.

[@Pedgo1986]

How when he destroyed that one thing that kept the society together, now there is power vacuum, civil war, and because army have the weapon still most likely outcome is military junta and im not even mentioning there are according the story neighbouring states just waiting for oportunity to invade. Personally i don't like these contrived hero stories when everything is destroyed in the name of "principles" with no real plan what to do next or regard to collateral damage. Yes great it is noble he ended mind enslavement but it was probably worst time to do it and without plan. Now what? Bloodbath end even worse people will take over. But yeah he will fight inflation in collapsed country.

[@websystema]

Good movie, saw it 10 years ago.

[@nemanjasim100]

Brothers Strugacki shine with this book. Unfortunately sequel was never made.

[@user-wn7bp1oh3k]

There is a continuation in the original book, but there are some differences

[@Shenvalleyboi]

This was actually a really good movie. Think it was the first Russian Science Fiction movie I ever watched. I was impressed.

[@user-ut8xv8ne6u]

It is a good movie

[@cornpowa]

But why did the planet slide backwards technologically? If the Wanderer was sent there from Earth 20yrs ago, why wasn't a relief or simply backup/reinforcements ever sent?

[@Darth_Enotious]

The planet slides backwards because the last war was nuclear. It was so devastating that only handful of automated systems survived and entire regions of planets became uninhabitable (hence famine and wars with neighbours for remaining scarce resources) As for the Wonderer, it's never said in the movie but there's an answer in the original book. Wonderer is not the only Earth agent on the planet, there are others in other states. Although some got compromised and killed by locals. Every once in a while he has "Trips" out of his institution. Either he meets woth other agents or flyes to Earth. But long story short, it is Earth who discovered the planet after its last war. They helped to develop towers from the shadows. While unknown fathers use them purely for their own gain, Wonderer incrementally stear population through his institution toward technological and social development. But still the process is expected to take decades. Without help it would take hundreds. The towers are needed to 1) keep outsiders at bay and not to start another apocalyptic war with neighbours 2) to stear population inside to better future through current hardships without them slaughtering each other without said control

[@ravinraven6913]

it didn't....its a different planet. where did you get lost? you should probably pay attention or go watch the movie. It's in Russian so at least you will have to read....if you can't listen long enough

[@bobbycrosby4893]

Wow how does this relate to today's world.

[@youtube-handle-are-a-joke]

I couldn't watch this movie in it's entirity, it was really painfull. Hopefully the book is better.

[@user-wn7bp1oh3k]

Strugatsky has no luck with film adaptations

[@user-vk4jk1ww2q]

It's pretty wild that the government in this movie used a four way cross shaped arrow composition as their symbol. In Hungary during WW2 the 'Nyilas" party (Hungarian equivalent of the Nazi party) used the same symbol.

[@orange11squares]

there are many similarities with what's going on on earth now , many things like the brain wash and the hidden controllers.

[@sgtJOOSEcapeS]

Wow 😳 is this an actual movie 🍿🎥... Im trying to investigate RADA more 😊

[@criticalmasseu1]

Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model. have fun! :)

[@delorenzini69]

It remainds me of the movie "Demolition man" with Sylvester Stallone..

[@Hannoshobazz_Neolmech]

A badazzz flick !!!

[@Hannoshobazz_Neolmech]

Why ii never go to Taco Bell, but ii keep 3 sea shells in the bathroom (for a joke).

[@veramae4098]

Everytime you say "Meanwhile ..." I hear Stephen Colberts voice.

[@ravinraven6913]

sounds like you watch way too much screens, you should probably go out for the next 10 years and just stay away....pop culture references turn serious conversations into laughter and then fists. I still don't know when its inappropriate to laugh. all those sit coms constantly have laugh tracks at times that aren't funny.

[@sneedfeed3179]

It’s an an AI 😂

[@leightaylor806]

Thank god the planet Max landed on was a lot like earth. Imagine trying to film it on another planet!!

[@src6339]

From the title alone, i'm going to guess he went back in time, and the big shock twist is that it was earth all along. _well i was wrong, and the title is misleading. The planet clearly has at least a mid 20th century level of tech development as they have tanks, mass produced textiles, aircraft and radio towers. The soldiers kevlar helmets and body armour pushes them up to atleast the 1980s and the widely distributed high resolution color flat screen tv sets and self driving vehicles put them squarely in the 21st century. They are, however, economically impoverished, as indicated by a lack of consumer goods among the populous. The geopolitical situation is also reflective of the mid to late 20th century but is highly simplified and not directly analogous to any one real world situation_

[@Pandaemoni]

How did inflation enter the story at the end? Is Max planning on defeating inflation in hand to hand combat? Because we don't have a great idea on hoe to completely prevent inflation. We know how to send it out of control, but not so much the reverse.

[@Pandaemoni]

@@BacklashMobileGamingChannel We do that much, at least. It's not completely out of control right now for example, Last year, in the U.S. the inflation rate very briefly hit 9.2%, then started to fall. Meanwhile, in post WW2 Hungary, it once hit 41 *_quadrillion percent_* and then kept going up. We now understand how to cause that sort of hyper-inflation, but knowing how to cause a thing is not necessarily the same as knowing how to prevent it. If I want to crash a car, I know how to do that, but that doesnt mean I know how to prevent car crashes. Breaking things is easy, keeping things from breaking is hard. For inflation, what we lack is the ability to target a precise inflation rate without hamfistedly messing up the unemployment rate (because we know they are correlated via the expectations-augmented Phillips Curve) or just causing a recession.

[@Reotha]

BITCOIN TO THE MOON

[@carpathian677]

cell towers? sounds like a lot of irony in this movie.

[@edward11762]

Max walks like hes 200 pounds of muscle

[@edwardlee9845]

So was it the goal for the wanderer to test both to become the leaders of tomorrow? Gonna watch this movie now

[@krodkrod8132]

This is based on a true story.

[@briandaleske5139]

I wonder if this (DARK PLANET) movie, can be found on the HULU network?

[@Jwa-fo6nb]

Max is my type of man

[@howardem40]

A modern-day Flash Gordon update.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

Maxim Kamerer 🤩

[@paulforder591]

It's a comment on Soviet-style totalitarianism, and an astronaut who joins the resistance. A dark story, but good production values. 🤔

[@1x93cm]

Gigachad lands on planet- All goes according to plan.

[@1984Kojot]

I read that book it was very interesting.

[@hugehappygrin]

Wow, they got Connor McCloud(the Highlander) to play Zef.

[@duke_of_lilywhite4829]

Yo, Fantastic Captain, this is a two-part movie. The first part of this Russian series was released in 2008 under the title Dark Planet. However, the follow-on film Dark Planet: Rebellion was released a year later. Both films are based on the story The Inhabited Island by Brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. But, while the story was first published in serial form in Neva magazine in 1969, it wasn't printed in book form until 2 years later. Unfortunately, the book version of the story was edited by Soviet sensors. When the story was published in English in 1977, it was done under the title Prisoners of Power. And yet, it is unknown if the English language version of the story is the serial version from 69 or the edited book version from 1971. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@stfugtforoflmaoggwpfmlwc]

The Inhabited *Island*

[@MahzuzAfif]

Thank You will read the book

[@ahwhite1398]

Is the 1969 magazine version of the text lost to history? Can't the english text and the 1971 book text be compared?

[@ephasm]

"gradually, a romantic feeling develops" yeah i didnt see that coming

[@rickjames18]

Whats the name of the movie? anyone know? Dark Planet?

[@alexeyvankevich7096]

Обитаемый остров

[@justatiger6268]

The epic struggle against... inflation -_-

[@albertk1099]

Unfortunately Max's actor didn’t bear the fame of showbiz well. Went mad, with schizophrenia and abandoned the stage. Leaves in the country as his relatives tell.

[@elishh8173]

How sad. Schizophrenia is a horrible illness.

[@ispeaku759]

Они бы ещё "Ночной Дозор" обозревали)

[@paulcollinsmugisha]

Woow..planet has oxygen

[@MaxSkybin]

These modern screen adaptations of classical Soviet science fiction novels are always subpar. They try and make them into action flicks and the original material is anything but.

[@0megacron]

I recognized The Wanderer from somewhere, and it finally hit me... he's the Russian gangster villain from "Nobody".

[@soyreeng8864]

Fank looks like "zorg" from fifth element

[@reginaldbowers161]

Star trek episode 😳

[@straighttalkingguy7366]

Does anyone see a similarly with earth

[@eddiesolorzano787]

What movie is this?

[@rutwickgangurde3247]

This movie could very well have happened on Earth. They didn't need the space travel angle. We have had many movies with societies like these that an outsider rebel fights against in alliance with the resistance.

[@twiztedclown]

Why cant we ever flip the script and call the government the resistance aince they infact resist humanity in its most basic form of needs. The ones fighting the system should ve known as salvation.

[@Darth_Enotious]

The reason behind space travel is super easy. The original book was written in 1969 in USSR. I believe that's all you need to know to understand why it happens on another planet 😉

[@chrisgraboski9133]

Max doesnt own sleeves...