Russia / Dec 18, 1935 / NR / Added the premiere date to distinguish it from the wide theatrical release. The film Cosmic Voyage was completed and first screened in 1935, with a closed premiere screening at the Kremlin following the completion of the film in October 1935. The date 18 December 1935 is documented as the film’s premiere screening, while the wide public release took place later, in January 1936. Sources: – Kinoafisha (premiere date: 18 December 1935) – Smirnov, B. A. Cinematography in Weightlessness // Technique of Cinema and Television, 1981, No. 4, pp. 21–29 (states that the work on the film was completed in October 1935)
1h 10min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Genres
Science Fiction
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Космический рейс |
| Original language | RU |
| Spoken languages | No Language |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mosfilm |
| Release date | 21 gennaio 1936 |
| Executive producer | Boris Shumyatskiy |
| Writer | Aleksandr Filimonov, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Galperin, Igor Shkarenkov |
| Assistant directors | Vasily Zhuravlyov |
| Camera operators | Igor Shkarenkov, Aleksandr Galperin |
| Additional photography | Aleksandr Galperin, Igor Shkarenkov |
| Production design | Aleksei Utkin, Mikhail Tiunov, Yuri Shvets |
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| Art direction | Aleksei Utkin, Mikhail Tiunov, Yuri Shvets |
| Set decoration | Aleksei Utkin, Mikhail Tiunov, Yuri Shvets |
| Music | Valentin Kruchinin, Aleksandr Zapadensky |
| Sound | Valentin Kruchinin, Aleksandr Zapadensky |
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Theatrical release
Russia / Jan 21, 1936
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