The One () is a 2022 Russian disaster-survival adventure film written, co-produced and directed by Dmitry Suvorov. The film is based on the real events that occurred in 1981 Aeroflot Flight 811, when rescuers found a twenty-year-old student who survived after falling from a height of 5 kilometers.
The only survivor of the Antonov An-24RV, passenger Larisa Savitskaya, played by Nadezhda Kaleganova, is rescued from the forest on August 27, 1981, the film's cast includes Maksim Ivanov, Viktor Dobronravov and Yan Tsapnik.
The One was theatrically released on June 9, 2022, by "Nashe Kino" ( "Our Cinema").
Plot
On August 24, 1981, the newlyweds Larisa and Vladimir Savitsky stepped on board the plane following the flight Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Blagoveshchensk, the Soviet Union. 30 minutes before landing, the AN-24 civilian aircraft collided with a Soviet Air Force Tu-16K bomber and fell to pieces at an altitude of more than 5 kilometers above the ground. No one was supposed to survive, but a miracle happened. Larisa Savitskaya woke up in the middle of the wreckage of the plane in the impenetrable taiga. Now she herself had to create a real miracle, which only a strong-minded person is capable of.
Cast
Nadezhda Kaleganova as Larisa Savitskaya, based on real events. Maksim Ivanov as Vladimir "Volodya" Savitsky Viktor Dobronravov as Knyazev Yan Tsapnik as a pilot Anna Dubrovskaya as Raisa Avdeyeva, Larisa's mother Vladimir Vinogradov as Ivan, Larisa's stepfather Mariya Sokova as Galina Savitskaya, Volodya's mother Vladislav Vetrov as Viktor Savitsky, Volodya's father Vitaliya Korniyenko as a little girl in an airplane Anna Bachalova as the girl's mother in an airplane Leonid Gromov as chairman Nikita Tarasov as air traffic controller 1 Aleksey Polyakov as air traffic controller 2 Vladimir Steklov as Knyazev's supervisor
Production
The film is a story about a young married couple flying on a plane that crashed as a result of a collision with a bomber half an hour before landing. Everyone was supposed to die, but Larisa managed to survive. It was filmed in the summer of 2020 in the Perm Krai. Larisa Savitskaya herself was present on the set as a consultant. The script of the film was also written jointly with Larisa based on her stories.
The idea to make this film came from producer Anton Belov after he watched a TV program about plane crash survivors.
Casting
Larisa Savitskaya also appeared at the premiere, whose story formed the basis of the script.
For Nadezhda Kaleganova, actress of the Moscow Art Theatre named after Chekhov, this is the first big role on the big screen. Kaleganova said that Larisa Savitsaya supported her during the filming, gave her the right attitude.
Filming
Principal photography began in August 2020, taking place on the territory of Kizel, Gubakha, Gremyachinsk and in other areas of the Perm Krai.
Release
The One was theatrically released in the Russian Federation on June 9, 2022, by "Nashe Kino" ( "Our Cinema").