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.
Cast
Crew
Vasily Zhuravlyov
Director
Aleksandr Filimonov
Writer
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Novel, Script Consultant
Aleksandr Galperin
Director of Photography
Boris Shumyatskiy
Executive Producer
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design
Mikhail Tiunov
Production Design
Yuri Shvets
Production Design
Igor Shkarenkov
Camera Operator
Aleksandr Zapadensky
Sound Director
Valentin Kruchinin
Original Music Composer
