Cosmonaut (2009)
"Cosmonauta" (original title)

Late '50s to early '60s, when the space war between the Soviet and US was fiercely going on, a fifteen-year-old member of the communist party, Luciana, develops her ideals while living with... See full summary »

Director:

Susanna Nicchiarelli

Writers:

Teresa Ciabatti, Susanna Nicchiarelli

Stars:

Miriana Raschillà, Claudia Pandolfi, Sergio Rubini

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Miriana Raschillà	...	Luciana Proietti
Claudia Pandolfi	...	Rosalba - Luciana's mother
Sergio Rubini	...	Armando - Rosalba's husband
Pietro Del Giudice	...	Arturo Proietti
Susanna Nicchiarelli	...	Marisa
Angelo Orlando	...	Leonardo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Armstrong	...	Himself (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Maria Putorti	...	Il socialista
Valentina Tereshkova	...	Herself (archive footage)
German Titov	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

Late '50s to early '60s, when the space war between the Soviet and US was fiercely going on, a fifteen-year-old member of the communist party, Luciana, develops her ideals while living with her bourgeois stepfather, and among male chauvinists in a communist group in Rome. Her only friend is her brother Arturo, who dreams of going to space but is unable to do so due to his epilepsy.

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Plot Keywords:

space | communist | astronautics | rocket | communism | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian Russian

Release Date:

11 September 2009 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Cosmonaut

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fandango, Rai Cinema, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

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Connections

Follows Sputnik 5 (2009)

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