Tag: Pavel Makhotin

• Conquest of Space The Sun

  

  I Was a Sputnik of the Sun

  In a near future, Soviet scientists are trying to figure out how to send a manned mission around the sun, but are thwarted by deadly “dead zones” in space. Made by documentarians, this minor 1959 effort uneasily straddles the gap between edutainment and SF drama. Visually neat, but lifeless. 3/10

  November 19, 2025