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The Mediator

The Mediator

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 22, 1990

Runtime

3h 39m

Genres

Science Fiction, Action

User Score

53%

Original Title

Посредник

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Director

Vladimir Potapov

Description

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.