Soviet cinematographers created a progressively realistic image of a journey to the moon in these early days of special effects. Scientist Pavel Sedikh grows impatient with the restrictions of the conservative Soviet space institute in Moscow. Sedikh builds his own spacecraft, and accompanied by a female astronaut and a boy, he embarks on a the first human trip to the moon.
Sergei Komarov
Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh, academician
Kseniya Moskalenko
Prof. Marina
Vassili Gaponenko
Andryusha Orlov, a boy
Nikolay Feoktistov
Capt. Viktor Orlov
Vasiliy Kovrigin
Prof. Karin
Serhii Stoliarov
Take-off technician
