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| Directed by | Egor Abramenko |
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| Cinematography | Maxim Zhukov |
| Edited by | Aleksandr Puzyryov Egor Tarasenko |
| Music by | Oleg Karpachev |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | ₽190 million (~US$2.6 million) |
| Box office | $354,023[1][2] |
Sputnik (Russian: Спутник) is a 2020 Russian science-fiction horror film directed by Egor Abramenko in his feature directorial debut.[3] It stars Oksana Akinshina as a young doctor who is recruited by the Soviet military to assess a cosmonaut who survived a mysterious space accident and returned to Earth with a dangerous organism living inside him.[3] Alongside Akinshina, the film's cast includes Pyotr Fyodorov and Fyodor Bondarchuk.
Sputnik was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020 prior to the festival being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5] The film was released on video-on-demand in Russia on April 23, 2020.[6] It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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- ^ "Sputnik (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (3 April 2020). "IFC Midnight Picks Up Tribeca Thriller 'Sputnik'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Vourlias, Christopher (8 June 2020). "Fedor Bondarchuk Helms First Doc, TV Series for Shingle Art Pictures Studio's Growing Slate". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Grater, Tom (1 June 2020). "Fedor Bondarchuk-Produced Sci-Fi Thriller 'Sputnik' Soars On Russian SVOD With 1M+ Streams". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 July 2020.