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Martin Nosseck , producer = Wolfgang Brauner

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, writer = Georges Friedland
Johannes Hendrich , based_on = '' White Fang'' by

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, starring =

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Anneli Sauli

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, cinematography = Esko Töyri
Herbert Körner
Pentti Auer , editing =

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, music = Peter Thomas , production_companies = Alfa Film
Central Cinema Company Film

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, distributor = Deutscher Filmring (Germany)

(Finland)

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(United States) , country = West Germany
Finland , language = German , runtime = 90 min , released = ''Moonwolf'' (german: Zurück aus dem Weltall; fi, Avaruusraketilla rakkauteen) is a 1959

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- Finnish

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directed by

and Martin Nosseck. The film is loosely based on the 1906 novel '' White Fang'' by

Plot

The

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decides to send a

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named Wolff into space aboard a rocket, but there are problems with Wolff's feeding, so it is decided to bring the dog back to the earth's surface, resulting in the rocket carrying Wolff landing in

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. Dr. Holm (

) and Professor Robert (

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) go to

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to find out where the rocket landed. During the trip, Holm tells Robert about his previous research trip to Finland, when he met Ara ( Anneli Sauli), the daughter of the owner of the

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, and from where he initially brought Wolff with him to Germany.

Cast

as Dr. Peter Holm * Anneli Sauli as Ara *

as Johann * Paul Dahlke as Ara's father *

as Professor Robert *

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as Ilona *

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as Prof. Robert's assistant *

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as a lumberjack

Production

Most of the exterior shots of the film were shot in Finnish Lapland, and some of the interior shots were shot in the halls of

(SF) in

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during April-May 1958. The rest of the interior shots were shot in the studios of

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. According to cinematographer Esko Töyri, SF's share of the financing of the co-production film was about 80%, and Töyri's share of filming was about 70-75%.

Release

In the United States, the English-dubbed version of the film was distributed by

and released in 1966. On video, the film was distributed by Sinister Cinema.

References

External links

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