They Are Waiting For Me On The Ground

They Are Waiting For Me On The Ground (1976) is a Soviet drama by Mark Tolmachyov, available to watch online on iFILM. Test pilot Stanitsyn dreamed of space since boyhood, until a medical board grounded that dream for good.

But the sky won't let him go. The would-be cosmonaut rebuilds his life at a lower altitude, flying transport routes that prove no easier than any test flight. It's a film about living with what never happened and answering, all over again, the question of who to be. Alexander Mikhailov leads, alongside Vladimir Antonik and Irina Kalinovskaya. A measured story about quiet courage, no heroic poses required. Stream it on iFILM.