Generation Sputnik (2016)

12/01/2016 (DE) • 52m

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Overview

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.

Top Billed Cast

Andreas C. Knigge

Self - Writer and Journalist

Matthias Horx

Self - Futurologist

Andreas Eschbach

Self - Writer

Pierre Christin

Self - Comic Writer

Jean-Claude Mézières

Self - Comic Penciler

Wolfgang Völz

Self - Actor

Roswitha Völz

Self - Dancer

Oliver Elser

Self - Exhibition Curator

Ingrid Wilp

Self - Charles Wilp's Widow


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

pop culture

advertising

space exploration

1960s

sputnik

apollo program

futuristic architecture

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