Released:
1936-01-21

Overview:
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.

Director:
Vasily Zhuravlyov

Runtime:
1h 10min

Genre:
Science Fiction

• Cast:
• 
  Sergei Komarov
  as
  Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh, academician
• 
  K. Moskalenko
  as
  Prof. Marina
• 
  Vassili Gaponenko
  as
  Andryusha Orlov, a boy
• 
  Nikolay Feoktistov
  as
  Capt. Viktor Orlov
• 
  Vasiliy Kovrigin
  as
  Prof. Karin