Generation Sputnik backdrop

Generation Sputnik 2016 Directed by André Schäfer , Jonas Niewianda Generation Sputnik!

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Languages English , German
Production Companies ARTE GEIE , Florianfilm
Release Date 1 December 2016
52 mins
Cast
Andreas C. Knigge Self - Writer and Journalist
Matthias Horx Self - Futurologist
Andreas Eschbach Self - Writer
Pierre Christin Self - Comic Writer
Jean-Claude Mézières Self - Comic Penciler
Wolfgang Völz Self - Actor
Roswitha Völz Self - Dancer
Oliver Elser Self - Exhibition Curator
Ingrid Wilp Self - Charles Wilp's Widow
Walter Jonas Self - Painter (archive footage)
Charles Wilp Self - Artist (archive footage)
Buzz Aldrin Self - Astronaut (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong Self - Astronaut (archive footage)