Fly, Rocket, Fly! - Mit Macheten zu den Sternen

Deutschland Belgien 2017/2018 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

Fly Rocket Fly

Documentary feature about the 'Orbital Transport- und Raketen Aktiengesellschaft' (OTRAG), the world’s first private space launch company, founded in 1975 by space engineer Lutz Tilo Kayser (*1939) in Stuttgart with the goal to enable private space transports. As Europe did not give permission to launch private spaceships, Kayser made a deal with Mobutu Sese Seko, then president of Zaire (today: Democratic Republic of Kongo). The dictator provided Kayser with an area the size of the GDR so he could launch his rockets. After a number of successful tests in 1979, things were looking promising, but when Germany and Russia for various reasons put political pressure on Mobutus' government, Mobutus terminated his contract with OTRAG.

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Shoot

    • 17.02.2017 - 30.08.2017: Marshall Inseln, Houston, Korsika, Lampoldshausen, München, Garching
Duration:
90 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 14.08.2018, 181368, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.07.2018, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 27.09.2018

Titles

  • Schreibvariante (DE) Fly, Rocket, Fly!
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Fly Rocket Fly
  • Originaltitel (DE) Fly, Rocket, Fly! - Mit Macheten zu den Sternen

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Original

Duration:
90 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 14.08.2018, 181368, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 03.07.2018, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 27.09.2018