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In March, 1961, Yugoslavia sold its secret space programme to the USA. Two months later, President Kennedy announced that Americans would travel to the Moon. This is an urban myth that millions of people want to believe in.
In 1948, a space programme was established in Yugoslavia, based on the diaries and technical plans of space pioneer Herman Potočnik Noordung. After a 50-year absence, the former space engineer Ivan returns to the former Yugoslavia. Through his position as a senior engineer, he reveals how the Yugoslav space programme was developed and sold to the USA. The story of the film is based on real ¬life facts and inspired by real events.

Credits

Director
Ziga Virc
Screenwriter
Bostjan Virc
Producer
Bostjan Virc
Production Company
Studio Virc
Cast
protagonist Ivan Pavic - Bozidar Smiljanic (Croatia)
Ivan Pavic's daughter Natasa - Branka Selic (Serbia)
antagonist general Franc Hafner - Marijan F. Kranjc (Slovenia)
historian Roger Mc Millan - Michael Manske (USA / Germany)
a former secret service office Ana Hafner, general Hanfer's daughter - Irena Kranjc (Slovenia)
NASA engineer Matthew Jones - Brendan Mulvey (USA)
Department of Homeland Security agents - Matthew Bellows, David Winning (USA)
Inn at the island of Pag owner - Milena Dundov (Croatia)
Croatian Police Officer - Sinisa Juricic (Croatia)

About the Director

Žiga Virc
Film and television director Žiga Virc was born in 1987 and graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio and Television in Ljubljana. He was voted a finalist for the Best Foreign Short Film for the Student Academy Awards in 2010, for his short film ‘Trieste Is Ours!’ Virc has directed numerous commercials, documentary and fiction films, for which he has received numerous awards. His work combines
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