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Generation Sputnik

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.

Top Cast

  • Andreas C. Knigge

    Andreas C. Knigge

    Self - Writer and Journalist

  • Matthias Horx

    Matthias Horx

    Self - Futurologist

  • Andreas Eschbach

    Andreas Eschbach

    Self - Writer

  • Pierre Christin

    Pierre Christin

    Self - Comic Writer

  • Jean-Claude Mézières

    Jean-Claude Mézières

    Self - Comic Penciler

  • Wolfgang Völz

    Wolfgang Völz

    Self - Actor

  • Roswitha Völz

    Roswitha Völz

    Self - Dancer

  • Oliver Elser

    Oliver Elser

    Self - Exhibition Curator

  • Ingrid Wilp

    Ingrid Wilp

    Self - Charles Wilp's Widow

Overview

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.

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