SPACE DOGS
Homage to Yuri Gagarin
In 1957, a Soviet canine made history: Laika officially became the first living creature deliberately sent into Earth orbit. Her flight is considered the impetus for the first manned space flight. Alas, sadly the dog did not survive the journey. A legend says that Laika's spirit lives on in the stray dogs of Moscow. SPACE DOGS takes up their wanderings, while turning casual observations into a philosophical search for traces. Set to the spherical music of John Gürtler and Jan Miserre, the film combines intrepid images of the dogs that haunt the streets of the Russian capital today with impressive archival material from the late 1950s.
AUT, DEU 2019 / 91 min
Language: Russian
Director: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Screenplay: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Cinematographer: Yunus Roy Imer
- Editor: Jan Soldat, Stephan Bechinger
- Music: John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
- Sound: Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
- Producer: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Production Company: Raumzeitfilm
- Co-Production Company: It Works Medien
- World Sales: Real Fiction Filmverleih
- Rights Holder: Deckert Distribution GmbH
In 1957, a Soviet canine made history: Laika officially became the first living creature deliberately sent into Earth orbit. Her flight is considered the impetus for the first manned space flight. Alas, sadly the dog did not survive the journey. A legend says that Laika's spirit lives on in the stray dogs of Moscow. SPACE DOGS takes up their wanderings, while turning casual observations into a philosophical search for traces. Set to the spherical music of John Gürtler and Jan Miserre, the film combines intrepid images of the dogs that haunt the streets of the Russian capital today with impressive archival material from the late 1950s.
- Screenplay: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Cinematographer: Yunus Roy Imer
- Editor: Jan Soldat, Stephan Bechinger
- Music: John Gürtler, Jan Miserre
- Sound: Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
- Producer: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Production Company: Raumzeitfilm
- Co-Production Company: It Works Medien
- World Sales: Real Fiction Filmverleih
- Rights Holder: Deckert Distribution GmbH