Lajka

Lajka
Directed by	Aurel Klimt
Produced by	Aurel Klimt
Screenplay by	Aurel Klimt, Martin Velíšek
Music by	Marek Doubrava
Production; company	Studio Zvon
Release date	2 November 2017;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech
Budget	58 million CZK

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Lajka (in English: Laika) is a 2017 Czech science fiction comedy animated film. It is inspired by Soviet space dog Laika.^[2]

Plot

In the Soviet town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, a female husky/terrier mix that lives in the streets is captured while scavenging for food to feed her puppies. She is named Laika and brought to the local spaceport. Professor Voroljov and his assistant Kokotov begin preparing Laika for space travel. On the day before the launch, Laika manages to get out of her cage and visits the space rocket. Then she returns for her puppies and smuggles them into the rocket.

The following day she is launched into space along with his puppies hidden in the rocket. The news of Laika's travel to space arrive to the United States. In response, they send a chimpanzee named Ham to space. Ham is soon followed by other rockets with various animals.

All rockets arrive at a planet named Qem. They meet the natives of the planet and are accompanied by a native named Quirkrk. The animals are happy in the new environment as there are no humans. The Soviets however soon send cosmonaut Jurij Levobočkin to space. He is initially sent to the Moon but arrives at Qem instead. He then meets Lajka, and settles down, but soon begins craving meat. Qem's natives soon go missing; it is revealed that Levobočkin invented a "freezer gun" and is hunting and eating them. Laika and Ham are fighting him just as he is about to bake Quirkrk. The clash ends when Levobočkin falls into the furnace, and the animals leave. Levobočkin, however, survives, now wanting revenge, and the animals prepare for battle against him. The American astronaut Neil Knokaut arrives and eventually joins Levobočkin in hunting. Laika outsmarts them and Levobočkin and Knokaut freeze each other.^[3]

Voice actors

Helena Dvořáková as Laika
Karel Zima as Jurij Levobočkin
Petr Čtvrtníček as Quirkrk
Jan Vondráček as Ham
Miroslav Táborský as Neil Knokaut
Robert Nebřenský as Professor Voroljov
Jan Budař as Assistant Kokotov

Awards

2017 Czech Lion Awards, Stage Design category winner

References

↑ "Loutkové sci-fi Lajka je o vztahu člověka ke zvířatům a vesmíru". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
↑ "Lajka (2017)". Czech and Slovak Film Database (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
↑ "Lajka (2017)". Filmový přehled (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.

External links

Laika on IMDb Search this movie on
Lajka.eu - official website

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[Loutkové_sci-fi_Lajka_je_o_vztahu_člověka_ke_zvířatům_a_vesmíru-1] "Loutkové sci-fi Lajka je o vztahu člověka ke zvířatům a vesmíru". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[CSFD-2] "Lajka (2017)". Czech and Slovak Film Database (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[Filmový_přehled-3] "Lajka (2017)". Filmový přehled (in čeština). Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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