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The Sky Calls

Name: The Sky Calls
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1959-09-12
Cast: Ivan Pereverzev, Gurgen Tonunts, Aleksandr Shvorin, Konstantin Bartashevich, Larisa Borisenko

1959 | 77 min | Science Fiction

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for sci-fi fans.
The mood: Easygoing.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 17 min.
What might put you off: It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Made in 1959: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Aleksandr Kozyr, Mikhail Karyukov

Ivan PereverzevYevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Gurgen TonuntsErwin Verst
Aleksandr ShvorinAndrej Gordienko
Konstantin BartashevichRobert Clark
Larisa BorisenkoOlga
Valentin ChernyakGrigoriy Somov
Viktor DobrovolskyDemchenko
Aleksandra PopovaVera Korneva
Taisiya LytvynenkoLena
Lev LobovSashko