
Feature film — 2017
Laika (2017)
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.
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A high-signal pick with 13 votes.
Studio ZVON / Universal Production Partners / Studio Bystrouška / Česká televize
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Director: Aurel Klimt
On screen
Cast & crew

Helena Dvořáková
Laika (voice)

Karel Zima
Yuri Leftkin (voice)

Petr Čtvrtníček
Queerneck (voice)

Jan Vondráček
Ham / Cow (voice)

Miroslav Táborský
Neil Knockout (voice)

Robert Nebřenský
Professor Vorolev / Pig (voice)

Jan Budař
Assistant Tossoff (voice)

Martin Matejka
Younger Knacker / Professor Tossoff (voice)
Vladimír Merta
Older Knacker (voice)
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