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Overview

Step into a thrilling chapter inspired by For All Mankind. Same alt-history universe. Different perspective: the Soviet Union's. Go behind the Iron Curtain with the cosmonauts, engineers, and intelligence officers who risked it all in the race for the Moon.

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Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV

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Rhys Ifans
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Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
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alternate history astronaut cold war moon landing space race spin off thriller
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Show Status: Returning Series

Show Type: Scripted

Spoken Languages: English

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    ⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 8/10 THE SUMMARY Star City takes us behind the Iron Curtain to explore the scenario that kicked off For All Mankind—the moment the Soviet Union beat the Americans to the moon. Instead of the polished halls of NASA, we are plunged into the gritty, paranoid world of the USSR's secret cosmonaut training facility. The series follows Chief Designer Sergei Korolev (Rhys Ifans) and the relentless KGB surveillance head Lyudmilla Raskova (Anna Maxwell Martin) as they navigate the brutal politics of the Cold War. It is a propulsive, claustrophobic spy thriller disguised as a space drama, exploring the massive human cost of the space race under a totalitarian regime.[review] This earns an 8/10 because it successfully flips the script on a beloved universe, trading optimistic humanism for a suffocating atmosphere of dread. Anna Maxwell Martin is an absolute powerhouse; every time she is on screen, the temperature in the room drops. The production design is flawless—the concrete brutalism and relentless gray color palette make you feel the weight of the Soviet state. It plays like a top-tier Cold War thriller where a misplaced word can get you sent to a gulag. It misses a higher rating because the deliberate pacing can make it a demanding watch. The creative choice to have the entire Russian ensemble speak in British accents can feel a little jarring at first, pulling you slightly out of the immersion. While the tension is fantastic, it occasionally lacks grand emotional payoffs, leaving it feeling a bit cold by design. THE VERDICT A solid 8/10. It is a taut, brilliantly acted Cold War nightmare that expands its universe in the best possible way. It isn't a 9 because of its relentlessly grim tone and the slightly distracting accent choices, but for fans of dense, slow-burn espionage, it is a stellar achievement. It proves that the dark side of the moon is just as gripping as the light. INSOMNIAC TRIVIA • Familiar Faces, New Places: The show serves as a direct spin-off and companion piece to the acclaimed For All Mankind. Some of the characters, like Chief Designer Sergei Korolev, were previously portrayed in the flagship series, but Star City recasts them to dive deeper into their backstories.• Cold War Aesthetics: To capture the authentic, bleak atmosphere of the Soviet era, filming took place in Vilnius, Lithuania. The production used real brutalist architecture and an almost monochromatic visual palette to sharply contrast the glossy, optimistic look of the American space program.• KGB Reality: The series leans heavily into the espionage and paranoia of the time. The vast halls of typists seen in the show, tasked with transcribing every covert conversation of the cosmonauts and engineers, reflect the very real, suffocating surveillance state that dominated Soviet life. THE VIBE Like a stiff shot of vodka in a concrete bunker. It smells like stale cigarette smoke, metallic machine oil, and pure paranoia. It is tense, atmospheric, and gripping. It makes you want to check your walls for microphones, trust absolutely no one, and realize that surviving the bureaucracy is just as dangerous as surviving the vacuum of space.

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Season 1

8 Episodes

Air Date: 2026-05-28

In this expansion of the For All Mankind universe, experience the "what if" take on the global space race from the Soviet Union perspective. Go behind the Iron Curtain, where it's more dangerous on the ground than in space.

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Star City — Official Trailer | Apple TV
Star City — Official Teaser | Apple TV

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    ⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 8/10

    THE SUMMARY
    Star City takes us behind the Iron Curtain to explore the scenario that kicked off For All Mankind—the moment the Soviet Union beat the Americans to the moon. Instead of the polished halls of NASA, we are plunged into the gritty, paranoid world of the USSR’s secret cosmonaut training facility. The series follows Chief Designer Sergei Korolev (Rhys Ifans) and the relentless KGB surveillance head Lyudmilla Raskova (Anna Maxwell Martin) as they navigate the brutal politics of the Cold War. It is a propulsive, claustrophobic spy thriller disguised as a space drama, exploring the massive human cost of the space race under a totalitarian regime.

    [review]
    This earns an 8/10 because it successfully flips the script on a beloved universe, trading optimistic humanism for a suffocating atmosphere of dread. Anna Maxwell Martin is an absolute powerhouse; every time she is on screen, the temperature in the room drops. The production design is flawless—the concrete brutalism and relentless gray color palette make you feel the weight of the Soviet state. It plays like a top-tier Cold War thriller where a misplaced word can get you sent to a gulag. It misses a higher rating because the deliberate pacing can make it a demanding watch. The creative choice to have the entire Russian ensemble speak in British accents can feel a little jarring at first, pulling you slightly out of the immersion. While the tension is fantastic, it occasionally lacks grand emotional payoffs, leaving it feeling a bit cold by design.

    THE VERDICT
    A solid 8/10. It is a taut, brilliantly acted Cold War nightmare that expands its universe in the best possible way. It isn’t a 9 because of its relentlessly grim tone and the slightly distracting accent choices, but for fans of dense, slow-burn espionage, it is a stellar achievement. It proves that the dark side of the moon is just as gripping as the light.

    INSOMNIAC TRIVIA
    • Familiar Faces, New Places: The show serves as a direct spin-off and companion piece to the acclaimed For All Mankind. Some of the characters, like Chief Designer Sergei Korolev, were previously portrayed in the flagship series, but Star City recasts them to dive deeper into their backstories.

    • Cold War Aesthetics: To capture the authentic, bleak atmosphere of the Soviet era, filming took place in Vilnius, Lithuania. The production used real brutalist architecture and an almost monochromatic visual palette to sharply contrast the glossy, optimistic look of the American space program.

    • KGB Reality: The series leans heavily into the espionage and paranoia of the time. The vast halls of typists seen in the show, tasked with transcribing every covert conversation of the cosmonauts and engineers, reflect the very real, suffocating surveillance state that dominated Soviet life.

    THE VIBE
    Like a stiff shot of vodka in a concrete bunker. It smells like stale cigarette smoke, metallic machine oil, and pure paranoia. It is tense, atmospheric, and gripping. It makes you want to check your walls for microphones, trust absolutely no one, and realize that surviving the bureaucracy is just as dangerous as surviving the vacuum of space.

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