Film

002 Operation Moon

1965 · 1h 24m · Comedy · Science Fiction

IMDb

5.4

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.

Franco Franchi

Franco / Colonel Paradowsky

Ciccio Ingrassia

Ciccio / Major Borovin

Linda Sini

Leonidova

María Silva

Dr. Frausink

Mónica Randall

Mishca Paradowsky

Elena Sedlak

Nadia Boronis

Emilio Rodríguez

compagno Skordiakoff

Chiro Bermejo

ministro Mussovsky

Ignazio Leone

Sergio

Franco Moruzzi

compagno Vasinsky

Enzo Andronico

Ivan

Piero Morgia

Policeman

Lino Banfi

Policeman who catches Franco and Ciccio

Francesca Romana Coluzzi

Sonia

• Lucio FulciDirector
• Vittorio MetzScreenplay · Story
• Amedeo SollazzoStory · Screenplay
• Tino SantoniDirector of Photography
• Coriolano GoriOriginal Music Composer
• Pedro del ReyEditor

Release date

November 25, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Comedy, Science Fiction