002 Operation Moon (1965)
KGB authorities abduct two criminals (Franco and Ciccio) who look exactly like missing spacemen and pretend they are the returning cosmonauts. They launch them in a rocket, so that they can land in public view, leading the populace to believe it was the original space craft that has returned. The two criminals look so much like the astronauts, they even fool the wives of the astronauts. Later however, the original spacecraft returns to Earth undamaged, and the plan goes all to pieces. In the end, Franco and Ciccio stay in Russia and the real astronauts relocate to Italy.
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Writers:
Vittorio Metz, Amedeo Sollazzo.
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Franco Franchi as Franco / Colonel Paradowsky |
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Ciccio Ingrassia as Ciccio / Major Borovin |
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Linda Sini as Leonidova |
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María Silva as Dr. Frausink |
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Mónica Randall as Mishca Paradowsky |
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Elena Sedlak as Nadia Boronis |
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Emilio Rodríguez as compagno Skordiakoff |
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Chiro Bermejo as ministro Mussovsky |
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Ignazio Leone as Sergio |
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Franco Moruzzi as compagno Vasinsky |
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Enzo Andronico as Ivan |
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Piero Morgia as Policeman |
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Lino Banfi as Policeman who catches Franco and Ciccio |
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Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Sonia |
| Directing | Lucio Fulci | Director |
| Writing | Vittorio Metz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Amedeo Sollazzo | Story |
| Sound | Coriolano Gori | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vittorio Metz | Story |
| Writing | Amedeo Sollazzo | Screenplay |
| Production | Dino Di Salvo | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Giovanni Fago | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Giovanni Bergamini | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Filiberto Fiaschi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Riva | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Francesco Bronzi | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Giuseppe Cesare Monello | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Mario Ronchetti | Sound |
| Sound | Massimo Iabone | Sound |
| Camera | Enrico Appetito | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nedo Azzini | Costume Design |
| Production | Renato Angiolini | Production Manager |
| Production | Renato Jaboni | Production Manager |
| Camera | Tino Santoni | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pedro del Rey | Editor |
| Art | Adolfo Cofiño | Production Design |
| Art | Nedo Azzini | Set Decoration |