Aboutavisualwizardandafantasticlegacyoffilmswhichtransformedandinfluencedthesciencefictiongenreasweknowit.TheRussianfilmmaker,PavelKlusjantsev,hashadanextraordinaryinfluenceonanentiregenreoffilms.ThroughouthiscareeratthefilmstudioinSt.Petersburg,Klushantsevpioneeredandinventedlegendarytechniquesforfilmingtheplanets,starsandweightnessless-longbeforeanyoneelse.HewentontoredefinethesciencefictiongenreandinfluencethewayHollywoodmadetheirsciencefictionfilms,includingtheAcademyAward-winningVisualEffectsMaster,RobertSkotak,amanwhospentyearstryingtotrackKlushantsevdown.ThisisafilmaboutafantasticinventoranddreamerwhosedestinywasintimatelylinkedwiththeSpaceRaceandthewhimsoftheSovietdictatorship.However,despitedyingblindandpenniless,Klushantsevhasleftanindeliblemarkonthehistoryoffilmandinspiredcountlessfilmmakers.