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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 ...
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 ...
The filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter twist more familiar documentary techniques as they spin a speculative legend around Laika. Starting from the conceit that her ghost has returned to ...
Directed by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter. Laika, a stray dog picked up by the Soviet space program on the streets of Moscow, became the first living being to orbit the earth when she was launched into space on Sputnik 2. Although Laika would not survive the journey, directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter trace the persistence of her memory and ...
Sep 25, 2020 · September 25, 2020 Space Dogs finds directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter misty-eyed and looking up at the stars, convening mythologies surrounding the Space Race. But the filmmakers also take moments to look down — at the descendants of wolves running amok through the streets of Moscow, their howls reaching back up towards the narratives projected through to the sky.
Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter's Space Dogs is is exclusively playing on MUBI in most countries starting September 10, 2020 in MUBI's Undiscovered series.. It was a Moscow street dog that was the first living being to orbit the Earth some millions of years after our planet's creation.
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter. Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. Legend has it that, she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants. www.spacedogsfilm.com. Downloads.
