Moonwolf

Moonwolf (1959)

...und immer ruft das Herz

Dr. Peter Holmes (Carl Moehner), zoologist and veterinarian, relectantly agrees to permit his dog, Wolf, to be used in a launch project commissioned by the International Conference of Science, at Geneva, to study body function and survival in outer space. Holmes had discovered Wolf as a pup in the forest, only to lose him again in a flood, and is fearful of risking the dog's life again.

Date of release
1959-03-01
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Georges Friedland

Casting

Interesting facts

Moonwolf is a 1959 West German-Finnish science fiction film directed by Georges Friedland and Martin Nosseck. The film is loosely based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London.

Production

Most of the exterior shots of the film were shot in Finnish Lapland, and some of the interior shots were shot in the halls of Suomen Filmiteollisuus (SF) in Helsinki during April–May 1958. The rest of the interior shots were shot in the studios of CCC Film in West Berlin. According to cinematographer Esko Töyri, SF's share of the financing of the co-production film was about 80%, and Töyri's share of filming was about 70-75%.

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