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The Return

1980-01-01 · 10 min · ★ 5.1

Science Fiction · Animation

A Space travel comes to an end and before the landing the Cosmonaut falls asleep. He does not hear signals from the Earth. The disaster approaches. When the ship flies over the native house of the Cosmonaut, the ring of the alarm clock which the Grandfather winded up sounds and the Cosmonaut wakes up.

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Directors
Vladimir Tarasov
Production companies
Soyuzmultfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Aleksandr KaydanovskiyAleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Vasiliy LivanovVasiliy Livanov
Viktor Balashov

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