002 Operation Moon - 1965

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.

84min
1965
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.2/10

Cast

Franco Franchi profile pictureFranco FranchiFranco / Colonel Paradowsky
Ciccio Ingrassia profile pictureCiccio IngrassiaCiccio / Major Borovin
Linda Sini profile pictureLinda SiniLeonidova
María Silva profile pictureMaría SilvaDr. Frausink
Mónica Randall profile pictureMónica RandallMishca Paradowsky
Elena Sedlak profile pictureElena SedlakNadia Boronis
Emilio Rodríguez profile pictureEmilio Rodríguezcompagno Skordiakoff
Franco Moruzzi profile pictureFranco Moruzzicompagno Vasinsky
Piero Morgia profile picturePiero MorgiaPoliceman
Lino Banfi profile pictureLino BanfiPoliceman who catches Franco and Ciccio

About 002 Operation Moon

002 Operation Moon Overview

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.

Runtime: 84min

Extra details

Original Title: 002 Operazione Luna
Original Language: Italian
Directed By: Lucio Fulci
Production Companies
Ágata Films S.A.IMA Film (Milano)