First on the Moon
By means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- Russia
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
By means of archival footage, this mockumentary "reconstructs" how the Russians secretly realised the first manned flight to the moon as early as the 1930s.
Top credits
- Boris Vlasov — Ivan Kharlamov
- Viktoriya Ilyinskaya — Nadezhda Svetlaya
- Anatoliy Otradnov — Khanif Fattakhov in old age
- Aleksei Slavnin — Khanif Fattakhov in young age
Did you know
• When elements of the plot started leaking out, a number of Russian newspapers treated it as a documentary about a real 1938 event, referring to it as the Santiago Meteorite. In reality, the film is fiction from beginning to end. To quote the director: "Some type of new genre. It was very difficult to decide on a name. So far, for me this is either historical drama or documentary fantasy." He also said: "Our film is about how the Soviet state machinery manufactured major products - the best people. Fine, strong and clever heroes, then rendered [them] unnecessary to the native land - some have been destroyed, others lost in obscurity, yet others still broken by fear."
User reviews
Impresive - but more sci-fi then fantasy
Somewhat dull "mockumentary" on the Soviet Space Plan
"Alternative History" at its best...
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Color
- Black and White, Color
