Astronauts

Astronauts

1962 · 79 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Science Fiction

An eccentric and little crazy professor of astrophysics, helped by his assistant and by a naive admirer of science fiction, working for the launch of the first manned rocket into space.

Directed by Sokrates Kapsaskis · Written by Sotiris Kapsis

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