Overview
Life is not easy for Laika, a dog on the outskirts of a big Russian city. She is caught and forcibly retrained to become a pioneer in astronautics. Soon after her lift-off into space, a number of animals follow that are hurriedly launched from Houston and Baikonur. The animals travel astray, but finally manage, with the help of a black hole, to colonize a faraway planet. After a short period of harmonious, undisturbed co-existence with indigenous life forms, however, first human cosmonaut run ashore on their planet, and their harmonious life, indeed their very survival, are suddenly in jeopardy.
Director and cast
- Helena Dvořáková as Laika (voice)
- Karel Zima as Yuri Leftkin (voice)
- Petr Čtvrtníček as Queerneck (voice)
- Jan Vondráček as Ham / Cow (voice)
- Miroslav Táborský as Neil Knockout (voice)
- Robert Nebřenský as Professor Vorolev / Pig (voice)
- Jan Budař as Assistant Tossoff (voice)
- Martin Matejka as Younger Knacker / Professor Tossoff (voice)
- Vladimír Merta as Older Knacker (voice)
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