The End of Eternity (1987)

Конец вечности

An agent of Eternity, an organisation that edits human history, falls in love with a woman from an ordinary century.

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Year
1987
Director
Andrei Yermash
Starring
Oleg Vavilov, Vera Sotnikova, Georgy Zhzhenov, Sergei Yursky, Boris Ivanov
Genre
Fantasy, Drama
Running time
2 h 10 min · 2 parts
Based on
The novel by Isaac Asimov
Language
Russian, English subtitles
Studio
Mosfilm

About the film

Outside normal time there is Eternity, a secret organisation whose Technicians travel through the centuries and make small changes to keep humanity safe and comfortable.

Technician Andrew Harlan breaks the rules when he falls in love with Noys, a woman from one of the centuries he is supposed to change. To save her he must challenge the system itself.

A thoughtful Soviet science-fiction film based on one of Isaac Asimov's best-known novels.

Did you know?

  • It is based on Isaac Asimov's 1955 novel of the same name.
  • Georgy Zhzhenov and Sergei Yursky play senior members of Eternity.

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