The Sky Calls (1959)
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.
Directors: Aleksandr Kozyr, Mikhail Karyukov.
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Ivan Pereverzev as Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev |
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Gurgen Tonunts as Erwin Verst |
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Aleksandr Shvorin as Andrej Gordienko |
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Konstantin Bartashevich as Robert Clark |
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Larisa Borisenko as Olga |
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Valentin Chernyak as Grigoriy Somov |
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Viktor Dobrovolsky as Demchenko |
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Aleksandra Popova as Vera Korneva |
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Taisiya Lytvynenko as Lena |
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Lev Lobov as Sashko |
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Sergey Filimonov as Troyan |
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Mikhail Belousov as |
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Maria Samoilova as Clark's mother |
| Directing | Aleksandr Kozyr | Director |
| Directing | Mikhail Karyukov | Director |
| Writing | Evgeniy Pomeshchikov | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksey Sazonov | Writer |
| Sound | Yuli Meitus | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | L. Mkhitaryants | Editor |
| Art | Yuri Shvets | Production Design |
| Sound | Georgi Parakhnikov | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Glinkova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Odinovich | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Nikolay Ilyushin | Special Effects |
| Crew | Frantsisk Semiannikov | Special Effects |
| Sound | Venyamin Tolba | Conductor |
| Writing | Mikhail Karyukov | Co-Writer |
| Production | Timofei Levchuk | Producer |
| Camera | Nikolay Kulchitskiy | Director of Photography |
| Directing | V. Fokin | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | T. Glinkova | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Ilyushin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Frantsisk Semiannikov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Shvets | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Georgiy Lukashov | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | R. Korol | Script Editor |
| Writing | Aleksandr Pereguda | Script Editor |
| Sound | Vyacheslav Meshcherin | Conductor |
| Production | Tatyana Kulchitskaya | Executive Producer |