Generation Sputnik (2016)
Overview
From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.
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| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 2.114 |
Directed By
Jonas Niewianda
André Schäfer
Crew
Oliver Bätz
Heike Lettau
Ralf Weber
Ralf Gromann
Yvette Durrenberger
Hendrik Wellmann
Alexander Czart
Franz Wagenbach
Oliver Schwehm
Claire Isambert
Mathias Bozellec
Jens Schade
Jonas Niewianda
André Schäfer
Ruben S. Borgam
Ritchie Staringer
Marianne Schäfer
Jonas Niewianda
Hartmut Kasper
Arno Blumenstock
TOP CAST
Andreas C. Knigge
Self - Writer and Journalist
Matthias Horx
Self - Futurologist
Andreas Eschbach
Self - Writer
Pierre Christin
Self - Comic Writer
Jean-Claude Mézières
Self - Comic Penciler
Wolfgang Völz
Self - Actor
Roswitha Völz
Self - Dancer
Oliver Elser
Self - Exhibition Curator
Ingrid Wilp
Self - Charles Wilp's Widow
Walter Jonas
Self - Painter (archive footage)
Charles Wilp
Self - Artist (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin
Self - Astronaut (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong
Self - Astronaut (archive footage)
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