To the Stars by Hard Ways

To the Stars by Hard Ways by Richard Viktorov (Cherez ternii k zvezdam, 1981/2001, 118 min.). Boldly going where no man has gone before, the starship Pushkin finds an abandoned vessel in deep space filled with the decaying bodies of humanoids. The only surviving member of the crew, a gynoid named Niya (played by the wide-eyed Yelena Metyolkina), seeks the help of the earthlings to restore her now severely polluted home planet of Dessa to its natural splendor. Pitched exclusively to a teenage audience and unashamed of it, this delirious space adventure features bionic women, cosmic mercenaries, and the best guy-in-a-robot-suit since Lost in Space. "Known to Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans as Humanoid Woman, [Stars] is visually ravishing and, in its own u