The One (Russian: Одна, romanized: Odna, lit. 'Alone') 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.
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Plot
On August 24, 1981, newlyweds Larisa and Vladimir Savitsky, returning from their honeymoon, board a plane to fly from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Blagoveshchensk in the Soviet Union. 30 minutes before landing, their AN-24 civilian aircraft collides with a Soviet Air Force Tu-16K bomber and breaks up at an altitude of more than 5 kilometers. No one is expected to survive, but a miracle happens: Larisa Savitskaya wakes up in the middle of the wreckage of the plane in the remote taiga. Now she must create her own miracle, which only a strong-minded person is capable of.
Cast
Nadezhda Kaleganova as Larisa Savitskaya
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
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
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" (transl. "Our Cinema"). Larisa Savitskaya also appeared at the premiere, whose story formed the basis of the script.