Laika

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.

5.375

87 min

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)

Director

Aurel Klimt