Mirror for a Hero (1987): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1987, Mirror for a Hero is a fantasy, drama and science fiction film directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, running about 139 minutes.

What it’s about. Two not quite similar men, our contemporaries, Sergey Pshenichny and Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native mining town and found themselves in 1949. It's a common knowledge that real miracles happen without technical devices: time comes miracle happens. They spend in 1949 only one day the next morning they found that it is the same day that was yesterday. All several months, they spent in the past, they spent in one and the same day: the 8th of May, Sunday, the day of heightened coal production. In the morning to the coal mine, in an hour an accident in a coalface, at 10 o'clock wire from the Ministry, after work reunion concerning the Stalins anniversary; robbing of pay desk, death of policeman Ryabenko, in the evening - volunteer Sunday work… and in the morning the same, and so for ever and ever Philosophic fiction, accompanied by music of group Nautilus Pompillius. After a novel of S.Rybasa of the same name.

Who’s in it. Mirror for a Hero stars Sergey Koltakov as Sergey Pshenichnyy, Ivan Bortnik as Andrey Nemchinov, Boris Galkin as Kirill Pshenichnyy - papa Sergeya v molodosti and Feliks Stepun as Kirill Pshenichnyy - papa Sergeya v starosti, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Mirror for a Hero has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mirror for a Hero page.

If you liked it. Fans of Mirror for a Hero tend to enjoy The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Green Mile, Spirited Away and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.