Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space, and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow. And so this outstanding documentary follows the dogs in the streets of the Russian capital, leaving the anthropocentric gaze behind and its will to create „heroic“ or „safe“ images.
Instead director Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter combine historic material of „Space Dogs“ and their preparations to be shot to space for humankind with new material at street level documenting the lives of dogs – including some images that could be shocking for some viewers. For others, this Austrian-German coproduction heads into new documentary territory altogether.
Christoph Gröner
Space Dogs
Space Dogs
Genre
Documentary
Director
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Run time
1h 31min
Genre
Documentary
Director
Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Run time
1h 31min
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space, and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow. And so this outstanding documentary follows the dogs in the streets of the Russian capital, leaving the anthropocentric gaze behind and its will to create „heroic“ or „safe“ images.
Instead director Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter combine historic material of „Space Dogs“ and their preparations to be shot to space for humankind with new material at street level documenting the lives of dogs – including some images that could be shocking for some viewers. For others, this Austrian-German coproduction heads into new documentary territory altogether.
Christoph Gröner
Instead director Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter combine historic material of „Space Dogs“ and their preparations to be shot to space for humankind with new material at street level documenting the lives of dogs – including some images that could be shocking for some viewers. For others, this Austrian-German coproduction heads into new documentary territory altogether.
Christoph Gröner
Info
Rating
(none)
Production year
2019
Global distributor
Odin Media
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/28/2019