Drama · Ireland · 1999 · 26m

Mir Friends

Director

Peter Kelly

Cast

Joe Gallagher as Bernard Richard Croxford as Alexei Des Cave as General Markov

Tagline

A COSMONAUT IS STRANDED IN SPACE. THE U.S.S.R. IS ABOUT TO FALL APART. AND BERNARD HAS JUST MADE CONTACT.

Synopsis

Described by one critic as 'Ballykissangel meets Apollo 13', this short (26 minute) film is based on the extraordinary true story of a Donegal 'ham' radio enthusiast who made contact with a Soviet cosmonaut stranded on the MIR Space station during the summer of 1991.

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