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The production commits to reconstructing late-Soviet civic interiors and industrial exteriors through dense set dressing and period-accurate fabrication. Production design emphasizes layered dressing, creating institutional scale with worn concrete textures and regimented props that foreground concealed identities. Set-extension and matte painting choices preserve blocky civic geometry while allowing wide-anamorphic compositions to stage ensemble movement. The costume and prop strategy uses wardrobe continuity and regional signifiers to encode hidden loyalties, with practical masks and period fabrics clarifying secret-identity status on close framing. Costume choices favor muted palettes and utilitarian silhouettes so character silhouettes read clearly against industrial architecture. Prop fabrication concentrates on state paraphernalia and functional accessories to imply bureaucratic provenance without explicit exposition. Effects and post-production balance practical effect work with restrained digital composite, using sparing composites to preserve tactile impact. Foley and diegetic sound design emphasize mechanical footsteps and institutional ambience to locate action inside civic structures. Editing maintains a steady rhythm that supports reassembly beats and measured reveals rather than sensationalist spectacle. Across all departments the film treats superhero spectacle as a built artifact, aligning production grammar with Russian collective-memory concerns and Cold-War institutional resonance.