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.

• Jonas NiewiandaDirector
• André SchäferDirector
• Ritchie StaringerOriginal Music Composer
• Hartmut KasperWriter

• Andreas C. KniggeSelf - Writer and Journalist
• Matthias HorxSelf - Futurologist
• Andreas EschbachSelf - Writer
• Pierre ChristinSelf - Comic Writer
• Jean-Claude MézièresSelf - Comic Penciler
• Wolfgang VölzSelf - Actor
• Roswitha VölzSelf - Dancer
• Oliver ElserSelf - Exhibition Curator
• Ingrid WilpSelf - Charles Wilp's Widow
• Walter JonasSelf - Painter (archive footage)
• Charles WilpSelf - Artist (archive footage)
• Buzz AldrinSelf - Astronaut (archive footage)