I Was a Sputnik of the Sun

Name: I Was a Sputnik of the Sun
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Animation
Released: 1959-04-13
Duration: 1 h 6 min
Cast: Pavel Makhotin, Georgiy Shamshurin, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgiy Vitsin, Pavel Samarin

1959, Russian. Directed by Viktor Morgenshtern.

Soviet Scientist Petrovich pioneers the way to the Sun, but his spacecraft is never heard from again. Later, Andrew's laboratory investigates means of protection from deadly radiation. Andrew repeats Petrovich's journey, and offers his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.

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Runtime: 1h 6m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: Russian
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Released: 13 April 1959
Original title: Я был спутником солнца
Country: Soviet Union
Written by: Vladimir Shreyberg, Vladimir Kapitanovskiy

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I Was a Sputnik of the Sun (1959) was directed by Viktor Morgenshtern and stars Pavel Makhotin, Georgiy Shamshurin, Vladimir Yemelyanov.