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The Sky Calls
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The Sky Calls

1959-09-12 · 77 min · ★ 3.6

Science Fiction

This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.

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Directors
Aleksandr Kozyr, Mikhail Karyukov
Production companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios, Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ivan PereverzevIvan PereverzevYevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Gurgen TonuntsGurgen TonuntsErwin Verst
Aleksandr ShvorinAleksandr ShvorinAndrej Gordienko
Konstantin BartashevichKonstantin BartashevichRobert Clark
Larisa BorisenkoOlga
Valentin ChernyakValentin ChernyakGrigoriy Somov
Viktor DobrovolskyViktor DobrovolskyDemchenko
Aleksandra PopovaAleksandra PopovaVera Korneva
Taisiya LytvynenkoTaisiya LytvynenkoLena
Lev LobovSashko
Sergey FilimonovSergey FilimonovTroyan
Mikhail BelousovMikhail Belousov
Maria SamoilovaMaria SamoilovaClark's mother

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