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Road to the Stars (1957)

Road to the Stars poster
Original title
Дорога к звездам
Directed by
Pavel Klushantsev
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film, popular science film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
50 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Soviet scientist from childhood to becoming a rocket engineer. It mixes real science with imaginative sequences about living and working in outer space.

informativeinspiringspeculativeeducationalvisionaryretro-futuristicseriousawe-inspiring

What happens

Road to the Stars (Russian: Дорога к звёздам, IPA: [dɐˈroɡə ɡ_ˈzvʲɵzdəm]) is a 1957 Soviet biographical film by Pavel Klushantsev (credited as P. Klushantsev). Combining elements of science educational films and speculative science fiction, the film was groundbreaking for its use of special effects to depict life in space. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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