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The Son of the Stars
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The Son of the Stars

1988-10-17 · 95 min · ★ 8.0

Science Fiction · Adventure · Animation

In the year 6470, a husband and wife team of explorers receive a mysterious distress signal from an astronaut who disappeared decades earlier. They leave their son on board their ship while they go searching for the missing astronaut — but fate intervenes, crash-landing the ship on a jungle-like planet populated by bulbous, telekinetic aliens and eerie stone gardens of frozen space creatures.

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Directors
Călin Cazan, Mircea Toia
Production companies
Studioul Cinematografic Animafilm
Countries
Romania
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ion CaramitruIon Caramitru(voice)
Mihai Cafrița(voice)
Virgil OgășanuVirgil Ogășanu(voice)
Mircea AlbulescuMircea Albulescu(voice)
Mirela Gorea(voice)
Ovidiu SchumacherOvidiu Schumacher(voice)
Marcel IureșMarcel Iureș(voice)
Alexandrina HalicAlexandrina Halic(voice)
Valeria Ogășanu(voice)
Mihai Niculescu(voice)
Constantin DiplanConstantin Diplan(voice)
Ștefan SileanuȘtefan Sileanu(voice)

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