Laika (2017)
AnimationComedyScience Fiction
Life is not easy for Laika, a dog on the outskirts of a big Russian city. She is caught and forcibly retrained to become a pioneer in astronautics. Soon after her lift-off into space, a number of animals follow that are hurriedly launched from Houston and Baikonur. The animals travel astray, but finally manage, with the help of a black hole, to colonize a faraway planet. After a short period of harmonious, undisturbed co-existence with indigenous life forms, however, first human cosmonaut run ashore on their planet, and their harmonious life, indeed their very survival, are suddenly in jeopardy.
Director:
Aurel Klimt
Writer:
Aurel Klimt
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Helena Dvořáková as Laika (voice) |
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Karel Zima as Yuri Leftkin (voice) |
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Petr Čtvrtníček as Queerneck (voice) |
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Jan Vondráček as Ham / Cow (voice) |
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Miroslav Táborský as Neil Knockout (voice) |
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Robert Nebřenský as Professor Vorolev / Pig (voice) |
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Jan Budař as Assistant Tossoff (voice) |
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Martin Matejka as Younger Knacker / Professor Tossoff (voice) |
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Vladimír Merta as Older Knacker (voice) |
| Directing | Aurel Klimt | Director |
| Writing | Aurel Klimt | Story |
| Writing | Aurel Klimt | Screenplay |
| Editing | Aurel Klimt | Editor |
| Crew | Edgar Dutka | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Radek Loukota | Director of Photography |
| Production | Aurel Klimt | Producer |
| Sound | Marek Musil | Sound |
| Sound | Marek Doubrava | Original Music Composer |
| Art | František Lipták | Art Direction |
| Art | Martin Velíšek | Art Direction |
| Art | Aurel Klimt | Art Direction |