Ostrov Vozrojdénia
Movie (2024)
Kazakh and Russian title : Остров возрождения
French title : île de Vozrojdénia ou île de la Renaissance
English/International title : Rebirth Island
Starring:
Duliga Akmolda (colonel Dautov)
Malika Baigubenova (Alice, the scientist)
Nikita Khvostenko (Lieutenant Colonel)
Olga Landina (Altaï)
1942-1988 : Vozrozhdeniya Island (lit. 'Rebirth Island') was a small island of Aral Sea. From 1954, a biological weapons test site called Aralsk-7 was set up. In 1971, an accidental release of variola virus (or smallpox) from the island infected ten people, of whom three died. By late April 1992, all military units had been evacuated from the base within several weeks. The island (now a peninsula due to the drying up of the Aral Sea for agricultural projects) was left by Russian Armed forces following the disbandment of the Soviet Union. Many of the containers holding biological agents were not properly stored or destroyed so in 2002, a joint United States / Uzbekistan project was organized and identified ten anthrax burial sites which were decontaminated.
The script draws on these elements to evoke the 1980s and beyond through the three main characters.
Note: This film utilises a significant quantity of Computer Generated Images (CGI). Aircraft portrayed in this film may not be entirely accurate and have been identified as closely as possible to real aircraft.
Tupolev Tu-95
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Supposed to be the Tupolev Tu-95 (!).
Mil Mi-8MT
Red 52 Mi-8MT (or Mi-17V).
Mil Mi-171
The helicopter is close to the one guessed behind the team as shown by the memory picture featured in the ending credits.
Antonov An-72
Maybe reg. СССР-72911 of Aeroflot with probably several other airframe eligible.
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