''I Was a Satellite of the Sun'' - () is a
Soviet
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feature dramatic
science-fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, sp ...
film of 1959 with animation elements.
Story
The story is told as an autobiography of the astronaut character Andrew, and set in the future, where space flight is common.
Scientist/Astronaut Petrovich pioneers the way to the Sun, but his spacecraft is never heard from again. Later, Andrew's laboratory investigates means of protection from deadly radiation. Andrew repeats Petrovich's journey, and risks his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.
Altered matter near the Sun is responsible for deadly radiation.
Animated scenes explain orbital dynamics, auroras, solar radiation, and other scientific topics.
The first panel reads:
Cast
* P. Makhotin - Andrew, a young scientist
*
V. Ymelyanov - Igor Petrovich, Andrew's father
* G. Shamshurin - Sergei Ivanovich
* A. Shamshurin - Andrew as young child
''In episodes''
* N. Vishnevskaya
*
G. Vitsin
* K. Erofeev
* P. Samarin
''Uncredited''
* Felix Jaworski - astronaut
* Mikhail Mayorov
Crew
* Writers: V. Kapitanovsky,
V. Shreyberg
* Producer: V. Morgenstern
* Operators: O. Samutsevich,
G. Lyakhovich
* Music: A Sevastiyanov
* Artist: L. Chibisov
* Editor: G. Fradkin
* Director: Yu. Merkulov
* Art Director: L. Model'
* Operator: M. Lruya
* Recording: B. Pekker
* Conductor: V. Smirnov
* Production manager: B. Rodin
* Animation:
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Unioncartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm, ''Unionchildcartoon'') is a Russian animation studio, produ ...
studios
* Animation
** V. Al'tshullev
** L. Akimov
** M. Galkin
** A. Klopotoviskij
** V. Nikitchenko
** A. Sokolov
** V. Sholina
** Yu. Xolin
Scientific consultants
* A. M. Kasatkin
* V. N. Komarov
Related facts
* The parts of the film correspond to a 300m maximum length for 35mm film rolls standardized in the Soviet Union;
[ Film Parts entry from Russian Wikipedia] the seven parts of this film amount to 1816.7 m.
References
External links
* (Russian)
*
Я был спутником Солнца article at "Советская кинофантастика"
1959 films
1950s science fiction films
1950s Soviet films
1950s Russian-language films
Films set in the future
Films with live action and animation
Soviet science fiction films
Space adventure films
Russian-language science fiction films
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