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  • 2020
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Laika, a stray dog picked up by the Soviet space program on the streets of Moscow, became the first living being to orbit the earth when she was launched into space on Sputnik 2. Although Laika would not survive the journey, directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter trace the persistence of her memory and legacy into the present day. As the...

Directed By: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

Written By: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

  • 2020
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Space Dogs

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Summary Laika, a stray dog picked up by the Soviet space program on the streets of Moscow, became the first living being to orbit the earth when she was launched into space on Sputnik 2. Although Laika would not survive the journey, directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter trace the persistence of her memory and legacy into the present day. As the...

Directed By: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

Written By: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
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88
Sep 13, 2020
The film draws us through its play toward darker, too-seldom-considered sides of human and doggy nature.
By Pat Brown FULL REVIEW
83
Sep 9, 2020
It’s an exercise in empathy––and a spellbinding one at that.
By Leonardo Goi FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 10, 2020
Space Dogs commits to its art-house pretensions. The result isn’t pleasant, but it does effectively provoke.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 10, 2020
Dog-lovers are the obvious target here; but the slow, meditative doc holds appeal for some of the rest of us as well.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 7, 2020
The alienness of humanity, when seen from another perspective, is evident throughout the film.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 10, 2020
It’s hard to shake the feeling that a genuinely arresting documentary was cast adrift somewhere along the line.
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Sep 12, 2020
Lacking any thematic direction or narrative momentum, the film wanders around like so many Muscovite strays on the streets of Russia: aimless yet not exactly lost. A tough sit on top of all this, and lacking anything resembling a coherent point, this one should be shot into space without a return trajectory.
By Warren Cantrell FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Raumzeitfilm Produktion, It Works Medien GmbH, Bundeskanzleramt (BKA), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Carinthia Film Commission, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), ARRI Media International, Vita Aktiva
Release Date Sep 11, 2020
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Tagline How a Moscow street dog was sent into space and returned as a ghost
Website https://deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/space-dogs/
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Viennale
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Diagonale, Austria
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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