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The Sky Calls
The Sky Calls

The Sky Calls

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Science Fiction

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

77 mins

Rating

3.6/10

Release Date

12 September 1959

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Ivan Pereverzev

Ivan Pereverzev

Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev

Gurgen Tonunts

Gurgen Tonunts

Erwin Verst

Aleksandr Shvorin

Aleksandr Shvorin

Andrej Gordienko

Konstantin Bartashevich

Konstantin Bartashevich

Robert Clark

Larisa Borisenko

Larisa Borisenko

Olga

Valentin Chernyak

Valentin Chernyak

Grigoriy Somov

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Demchenko

Aleksandra Popova

Aleksandra Popova

Vera Korneva

Taisiya Lytvynenko

Taisiya Lytvynenko

Lena

Lev Lobov

Lev Lobov

Sashko

Sergey Filimonov

Sergey Filimonov

Troyan

Mikhail Belousov

Mikhail Belousov

Maria Samoilova

Maria Samoilova

Clark's mother

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