Barrier of the Unknown (1962)
- Original title
- Барьер неизвестности
- Directed by
- Nikita Kurikhin
- Genre
- drama film, science fiction film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Soviet test pilots and engineers struggle to perfect a secret hypersonic jet called the Cyclone. They face technical setbacks and personal risks as they push the aircraft toward its first major flight.
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What happens
Barrier of the Unknown (Russian: Барьер неизвестности, romanized: Barier neizvestnosti) is a 1961 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by Nikita Kurikhin. The film tells about the creators and testers of the Soviet piloted hypersonic airplane "Cyclone". In the USSR, there were many such programs which were left unfinished, but all the characteristics of the Cyclone (speed, altitude, etc., except for "radioactive combustion accelerators"), including flight characteristics (launch from a carrier aircraft) are exactly borrowed from the North American X-15. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Shore of Hope (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.