Generation Sputnik (2016)

6.5/10 52 min 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.

Cast

Andreas Eschbach

Self - Writer

Pierre Christin

Self - Comic Writer

Wolfgang Völz

Self - Actor

Buzz Aldrin

Self - Astronaut (archive footage)

Neil Armstrong

Self - Astronaut (archive footage)

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