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First on the Moon

Original title: Pervye na Lune
  • 2005
  • 1h 15m
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6.7/10
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First on the Moon (2005)
In spring 1938 in the mountains in the north of Chile a fiery UFO, later named "Chilean Sphere ", fell down...
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By means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.By means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.By means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.

  • Director
    • Aleksey Fedorchenko
  • Writers
    • Aleksandr Gonorovskiy
    • Ramil Yamaleyev
  • Stars
    • Boris Vlasov
    • Viktoriya Ilyinskaya
    • Anatoliy Otradnov
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
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    • Director
      • Aleksey Fedorchenko
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Gonorovskiy
      • Ramil Yamaleyev
    • Stars
      • Boris Vlasov
      • Viktoriya Ilyinskaya
      • Anatoliy Otradnov
    • 4User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 11 nominations

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    Boris Vlasov
    • Ivan Kharlamov
    Viktoriya Ilyinskaya
    • Nadezhda Svetlaya
    Anatoliy Otradnov
    • Khanif Fattakhov in old age
    Aleksei Slavnin
    • Khanif Fattakhov in young age
    Viktor Kotov
    Viktor Kotov
    • Mikhail Roshchin
    Andrey Osipov
    • Fyodor Suprun
    Aleksey Anisimov
    • Operator of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs
    Igor Sannikov
    • Circus artiste
    Nina Kameneva
    • Nurse
    Polina Litovskaya
    • Nurse
    Sergey Paramonov
    • Kiryanov
    • Director
      • Aleksey Fedorchenko
    • Writers
      • Aleksandr Gonorovskiy
      • Ramil Yamaleyev
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    • Trivia
      When elements of the plot started leaking out, a number of Russian newspapers treated it as a documentary about a real 1938 event, referring to it as the Santiago Meteorite. In reality, the film is fiction from beginning to end. To quote the director: "Some type of new genre. It was very difficult to decide on a name. So far, for me this is either historical drama or documentary fantasy." He also said: "Our film is about how the Soviet state machinery manufactured major products - the best people. Fine, strong and clever heroes, then rendered [them] unnecessary to the native land - some have been destroyed, others lost in obscurity, yet others still broken by fear."
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      Features Cosmic Journey (1936)

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    10/10
    "Alternative History" at its best...
    "Mockumentary" doesn't do this film justice. Apparently the director's label is "documentary fantasy", but "alternative history" works for me. There's some humor here, but it's not a comedy. After all, taking the premise that Stalin had a secret space program in the 30's to its logical conclusion doesn't exactly point to it being a Laff Riot... What you DO have is a fascinating "historical" documentary tracing this secret rocket program of the late 1930's and following the cosmonaut's lives before, during, and after. Much of what would be seen as "fictional recreations" in most documentaries is explained and presented as NKVD surveillance video -- a great conceit. The film includes recreations of newsreels, training films, and also "contemporary" interviews that support a fascinating story. I saw this at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival, where it sold out both showings. See it if you can!
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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2005 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Pervye na Lune
    • Filming locations
      • Chelyabinsk, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Kinokompaniya Strana
      • Sverdlovskaya Kinostudiya
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      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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