| Sergei Komarov | ... | Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh, academician | |
| K. Moskalenko | ... | Professor Marina | |
| Vassili Gaponenko | ... | Andryusha Orlov, a boy | |
| Nikolai Feoktistov | ... | Capt. Viktor Orlov | |
| Vasili Kovrigin | ... | Professor Karin (as V. Kovrigin) |
Directed by | |||
| Vasili Zhuravlyov | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Aleksandr Filimonov | (as A. Filimonov) | |
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | novel "Outside the Earth" | |
Produced by | |||
| Boris Shumyatskiy | .... | executive producer (uncredited) | |
Non-Original Music by | |||
| Franz Liszt | (from "Les Preludes" and "Mazeppa") | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Aleksandr Galperin | (as A. Galperin) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Yuri Shvets | (as Yu. Svesh) | ||
| M. Tiunov | |||
| Aleksei Utkin | |||
Visual Effects by | |||
| Fodor Krasne | .... | model effects designer and animator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Val. Kruchinina | .... | music track arranger | |
| A. Zapadenskii | .... | music recordist | |
Other crew | |||
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | .... | technical advisor | |
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I saw Kosmicheskii Reis with the 2006 DVD edition with English subtitles, entitled "The Space Voyage". This Russian edition had a new soundtrack to this silent film, which suited it very well.
The special effects alone on this film will astound anyone who has seen American SF serials from the same period, such as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. This 1930s speculation amazes with its accuracy of prediction. Everything from the look of the rocket ships, to the weightlessness scene, weighted boots for moon walks, etc. Even most Hollywood depictions of space travel from the 1950s were not this well produced. Kosmicheskii Reis is a must-have for any serious SF collection, if you can find it! Hopefully we will see a nice box set of early Soviet SF cinema some day. This gem deserves the kind of restoration treatment that Fritz Lang's Metropolis has received.