The Sky Calls(1959)
This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.
Movie: The Sky Calls
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Erwin Verst
Andrej Gordienko
Robert Clark
Grigoriy Somov
Demchenko
Vera Korneva
Lena
Sashko
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This movie follows the crew of the spaceship Homeland, preparing for the first manned mission to Mars. When an American ship, Typhoon, rushes to beat them and suffers a critical malfunction, the Soviets divert their mission to attempt a rescue. Stranded on the asteroid Icarus with depleted fuel, the cosmonauts await a desperate rescue mission that may cost another crew their lives.
Release Date
1959-09-12
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3.6
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