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Sep 11, 2020 · Laika, a stray dog scooped off the streets of Moscow, launched on the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2 mission in November 1957, just a month after Sputnik 1's liftoff opened the space age. The 11-lb. (5 ...
Oct 20, 2024 · In Dreaming Dogs, a realistic directorial approach, while giving the whole thing an aura of magic, proved to be the right solution. At the Viennale 2024.
Elsa Kremser. Producer. Writer. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born 1985 in Austria, Elsa Kremser studied Film at the University of Vienna and the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. As an author and producer, she realized several documentaries that were shown worldwide. Her diploma film as a producer NEBEL premiered at the Berlinale.
- Producer, Writer, Director
- August 10, 1985
- Elsa Kremser
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog’s perspective, SPACE DOGS accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in ...
Aug 17, 2023 · This past fall, I spoke remotely with Austrian/German directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter about their work on the beautifully elliptical documentary Space Dogs (which I also reviewed). The movie tells two stories in parallel, that of the Soviet space program in its early days and of the life of street dogs in Moscow today.
Aug 16, 2019 · Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s Space Dogs [+ see also: film review trailer interview: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter film profile], showing in the Filmmakers of the Present section at the Locarno Film Festival, starts with Laika the dog, the first animal in space, but soon expands in several unexpected directions: the film brings us into the world of Moscow strays; shows never-before-seen archive ...
DREAMING DOGS begins like a mythical fairy tale, even as it focuses on the harsh reality of present-day Moscow. The economic collapse has forced many factories to close, turning the landscape into a wasteland. Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter continue the exploration they began in their previous film SPACE DOGS.
