Animation ·Science Fiction · France · 1959 · 14m

The Astronauts

Les Astronautes

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Director
Walerian BorowczykChris Marker
Cast
Michel Boschet as The Astronaut Ligia Branice as Woman at the Window Anatole Dauman as The Chauffeur Philippe Lifchitz as The Tyrant
Crew
Daniel Harispe — Director of Photography Jasmine Chasney — Editor Walerian Borowczyk — Writer Anatole Dauman — Producer
Tagline

To my friends on Earth, I is alive, I is up there.

Synopsis

An inventor builds a homemade spacecraft, and uses it to have various adventures, including peeping at women, visiting ‘human’ planets, and becoming involved in intergalactic warfare.

Mood & Themes
surrealismshort film
Key Collaborators
Walerian Borowczyk Director Chris Marker Director Daniel Harispe Director of Photography Jasmine Chasney Editor Walerian Borowczyk Writer Anatole Dauman Producer
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