002 Operation Moon
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KGB authorities abduct two criminals (Franco and Ciccio) who look exactly like missing spacemen and pretend they are the returning cosmonauts. They launch them in a rocket, so that they can land in public view, leading the populace to believe it was the original space craft that has returned. The two criminals look so much like the astronauts, they even fool the wives of the astronauts. Later however, the original spacecraft returns to Earth undamaged, and the plan goes all to pieces. In the end, Franco and Ciccio stay in Russia and the real astronauts relocate to Italy.
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Cast
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Franco Franchi
Franco / Colonel Paradowsky
Known for
Kaos
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Ciccio Ingrassia
Ciccio / Major Borovin
Known for
Amarcord
The Exorciccio
Linda Sini
Leonidova
Known for
Il Sorpasso
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
María Silva
Dr. Frausink
Known for
Tombs of the Blind Dead
The Last Days of Pompeii
Mónica Randall
Mishca Paradowsky
Known for
Cria!
Stay as You Are
Elena Sedlak
Nadia Boronis
Also in
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Emilio Rodríguez
compagno Skordiakoff
Also in
Crónicas de un pueblo
Deadfall
Chiro Bermejo
ministro Mussovsky
Also in
The Good Love
Tobi
Ignazio Leone
Sergio
Known for
Death Rides a Horse
Totòtruffa '62
Franco Moruzzi
compagno Vasinsky
Known for
Massacre Time
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Enzo Andronico
Ivan
Known for
The Most Beautiful Wife
Grand Hotel Excelsior
Piero Morgia
Policeman
Known for
Mamma Roma
Accattone
Lucio Fulci Director · Vittorio Metz Screenplay Amedeo Sollazzo Screenplay
First release November 25, 1965 · Produced in Italy, Spain · Languages Italian, Russian
Production
Ágata Films
Production
IMA Film
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IMA Productions
Production
Italy · Spain
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Original title
002 Operazione Luna
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Russian
Release dates
Italy · November 25, 1965
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No release date listed for United States.
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