Underplayed Gems

The Space Voyage (1936)

The Space Voyage poster
Original title
Космический рейс
Directed by
Vasily Zhuravlyov
Genre
science fiction film, silent film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Soviet scientists build a giant rocket ship to fly to the moon. The film shows their launch, the experience of weightlessness, and life inside the spacecraft.

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What happens

Cosmic Voyage or The Space Voyage (Russian: Космический рейс, romanized: Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya novella) is a 1936 Soviet science fiction silent film directed by Vasili Zhuravlov and produced by Mosfilm. It was one of the earliest films to represent a realistic spaceflight, including weightlessness as well as one of the last Soviet silent era films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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