Cosmic Journey
Jan 21 1936
•1h 10m
•Science Fiction
Soviet cinematographers created a progressively realistic image of a journey to the moon in these early days of special effects. Scientist Pavel Sedikh grows impatient with the restrictions of the conservative Soviet space institute in Moscow. Sedikh builds his own spacecraft, and accompanied by a female astronaut and a boy, he embarks on a the first human trip to the moon.
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Sergei Komarov
Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh, academician
K. Moskalenko
Prof. Marina
Vassili Gaponenko
Andryusha Orlov, a boy
Nikolay Feoktistov
Capt. Viktor Orlov
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