| I Was a Satellite of the Sun | |
| Producer: | V. Morgenstern |
| Director: | Viktor Morgenstern |
| Editing: | G. Fradkin |
| Screenplay: | V. Kapitanovsky V. Shreyberg |
| Music: | A. Sevastyanov |
| Cinematography: | O. Samutsevich G. Lyakhovich |
| Studio: | Mosnauchfilm, Soyuzmultfilm |
| Runtime: | 67 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
I Was a Satellite of the Sun - (Russian: Я был спутником Солнца) is a Soviet feature dramatic science-fiction film of 1959 with animation elements.
The story is told as an autobiography of the astronaut character Andrew, and set in the future, where space flight is common.
Scientist/Astronaut Petrovich pioneers the way to the Sun, but his spacecraft is never heard from again. Later, Andrew's laboratory investigates means of protection from deadly radiation. Andrew repeats Petrovich's journey, and risks his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.
Altered matter near the Sun is responsible for deadly radiation.
Animated scenes explain orbital dynamics, auroras, solar radiation, and other scientific topics.
The first panel reads:
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