I Was a Sputnik of the Sun (1959)

Soviet Scientist Petrovich pioneers the way to the Sun, but his spacecraft is never heard from again. Later, Andrew's laboratory investigates means of protection from deadly radiation. Andrew repeats Petrovich's journey, and offers his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.

Released: Apr 13, 1959

Runtime: 66 minutes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Stars: Pavel Makhotin, Georgiy Shamshurin, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgiy Vitsin, Pavel Samarin, Vladimir Gusev

Crew: Viktor Morgenstern (Director), Vladimir Kapitanovsky (Screenplay), Vladimir Shreiberg (Screenplay), Georgiy Lyakhovich (Director of Photography), Oleg Samutsevich (Director of Photography), Andrey Sevastyanov (Original Music Composer)