I Was a Sputnik of the Sun (1959)

Release Date: 1959-04-13
Runtime: 1h 6min
Production Company: Soyuzmultfilm
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Viktor Morgenshtern

Soviet Scientist 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 offers his life to rescue an orbiting science laboratory, which holds the solution to the problem.