Space Dogs (2019)

Genre: Documentary
Director: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Writer: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov
Countries: Austria, Germany

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. A magical tale of voyagers scouting for unknown spaces.