The Astronauts
Jan 01 1959
•0h 14m
•Animation, Science Fiction
An inventor builds a homemade spacecraft, and uses it to have various adventures, including peeping at women, visiting ‘human’ planets, and becoming involved in intergalactic warfare.
Cast
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Michel Boschet
The Astronaut
Ligia Branice
Woman at the Window
Anatole Dauman
The Chauffeur
Philippe Lifchitz
The Tyrant
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