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Project Mercury

PROJECT MERCURY

Projekt Merkur

Directed by Wolfgang Luderer
East Germany, 1960
Sci-Fi, Drama

Synopsis

The newspaper “Die Welt” reported on Sep. 10, 1959 that the project “Merkur” had started, which meant that USA had launched a first experimental capsule for a space traveler with an Atlas rocket. This fictional GDR film depicts the way the Americans intended to carry out the mission.

Synopsis

The newspaper “Die Welt” reported on Sep. 10, 1959 that the project “Merkur” had started, which meant that USA had launched a first experimental capsule for a space traveler with an Atlas rocket. This fictional GDR film depicts the way the Americans intended to carry out the mission.