Лайка никогда не вернется на Землю
Laika will never return to Earth
- Timur Molchansky
- Russia
- 2025
6 min
Russian
Russian, English
7
Artdoc rating
The story of Laika, the first dog to travel into space. The film, dedicated to her 1957 flight aboard "Sputnik-2", captures the atmosphere of the Cold War and the tense space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Combining rare archival footage with AI-generated recreations, the film offers a look at this pivotal moment in history—not only as a scientific achievement but also as a profoundly human story of sacrifice, ambition, and moral complexity. "Laika Will Never Return to Earth" invites viewers to reflect on the cost of progress and the forgotten lives behind monumental achievements.
Authors
Film crew
- Director
- Timur Molchansky
- Screen writer
- Timur Molchansky
- Producer
- Kristina Kurdyumova
- Sound producer
- Artem Ganichev
MOVIE ABOUT
- Theme
- History, Animal world, Cosmos
- Country
- Russia
- Festivals
- Artdocfest 2026
- Financing
- Independent
- Languages
- Russian
- Subtitles
- Russian, English
Tags
История
Космос
Животный мир