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Laika (2017)
Directed by Aurel Klimt
Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction · 1h 27m
Life is not easy for Laika, a dog on the outskirts of a big Russian city. She is caught and forcibly retrained to become a pioneer in astronautics. Soon after her lift-off into space, a number of animals follow that are hurriedly launched from Houston and Baikonur. The animals travel astray, but finally manage, with the help of a black hole, to colonize a faraway planet. After a short period of harmonious, undisturbed co-existence with indigenous life forms, however, first human cosmonaut run ashore on their planet, and their harmonious life, indeed their very survival, are suddenly in jeopardy.
Cast
Helena Dvořáková
Laika (voice)
Karel Zima
Yuri Leftkin (voice)
Petr Čtvrtníček
Queerneck (voice)
Jan Vondráček
Ham / Cow (voice)
Miroslav Táborský
Neil Knockout (voice)
Robert Nebřenský
Professor Vorolev / Pig (voice)
Jan Budař
Assistant Tossoff (voice)
Martin Matejka
Younger Knacker / Professor Tossoff (voice)
V
Vladimír Merta
Older Knacker (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Aurel Klimt
- Screenplay
- Aurel Klimt
- Director of Photography
- Radek Loukota
- Original Music Composer
- Marek Doubrava
- Editor
- Aurel Klimt
- Producer
- Aurel Klimt
Details
- Original title
- Lajka
- Release date
- 2017-11-02
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Production
- Studio ZVON, Universal Production Partners, Studio Bystrouška, Česká televize
- Budget
- $2,673,800