MOVIE

Generation Sputnik

Name: Generation Sputnik
Director: André Schäfer
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2016-12-01
Cast: Andreas C. Knigge, Matthias Horx, Andreas Eschbach, Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières

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.

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… + more

Original Title

Generation Sputnik!

Release Date

2016-12-01

Year

2016

Duration

52m

Status

Released

Score

6.50

Genres

Documentary History TV Movie

Production

#pop-culture#advertising#space-exploration#1960s#sputnik#apollo-program#futuristic-architecture

Cast

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Andreas C. Knigge

Self - Writer and Journalist

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Matthias Horx

Self - Futurologist

Andreas Eschbach

Self - Writer

Pierre Christin

Self - Comic Writer

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Jean-Claude Mézières

Self - Comic Penciler

Wolfgang Völz

Self - Actor

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Roswitha Völz

Self - Dancer

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Oliver Elser

Self - Exhibition Curator

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Ingrid Wilp

Self - Charles Wilp's Widow

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Walter Jonas

Self - Painter (archive footage)