Filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter take a brutal and mesmerizing look at violence in Space Dogs. Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog’s perspective, SPACE DOGS accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in today’s Moscow. Their story is one of intimate fellowship but also relentless brutality, and is interwoven with unseen archive material from the Soviet cosmic era.
- Year2019
- Runtime91 min.
- LanguageRussian with English subtitles
- CountryAustria, Germany
- PremiereLocarno 2019
- RatingNot Rated
- NoteContains graphic violent content involving animal death and experimentation on animals.
- DirectorElsa Kremser and Levin Peter
- ProducerElsa Kremser and Levin Peter
- CinematographerYunus Roy Imer
- EditorJan Soldat and Stephan Bechinger
- Sound DesignJonathan Schorr
- MusicParadox Paradise
Filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter take a brutal and mesmerizing look at violence in Space Dogs. Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog’s perspective, SPACE DOGS accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in today’s Moscow. Their story is one of intimate fellowship but also relentless brutality, and is interwoven with unseen archive material from the Soviet cosmic era.
- Year2019
- Runtime91 min.
- LanguageRussian with English subtitles
- CountryAustria, Germany
- PremiereLocarno 2019
- RatingNot Rated
- NoteContains graphic violent content involving animal death and experimentation on animals.
- DirectorElsa Kremser and Levin Peter
- ProducerElsa Kremser and Levin Peter
- CinematographerYunus Roy Imer
- EditorJan Soldat and Stephan Bechinger
- Sound DesignJonathan Schorr
- MusicParadox Paradise