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Lajka
Directed byAurel Klimt
Screenplay byAurel Klimt, Martin Velíšek
Produced byAurel Klimt
Music byMarek Doubrava
Production
company
Studio Zvon
Distributed byA-Company Czech
Release date
  • 2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)
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Running time
85 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
LanguageCzech
Budget58 million CZK[2]

Lajka (in English: Laika) is a 2017 Czech science fiction comedy animated film. It is inspired by Soviet space dog Laika.[3][4][5][6]

Plot

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In the Soviet town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, a female husky/terrier mix that lives in the streets is captured while scavenging for food to feed her puppies. She is named Laika and brought to the local spaceport. Professor Voroljov and his assistant Kokotov begin preparing Laika for space travel. On the day before the launch, Laika manages to get out of her cage and visits the space rocket. Then she returns for her puppies and smuggles them into the rocket.

The following day she is launched into space along with her puppies hidden in the rocket. The news of Laika's travel to space arrive to the United States. In response, they send a chimpanzee named Ham to space. Ham is soon followed by other rockets with various animals.

All rockets arrive at a planet named Qem. They meet the natives of the planet and are accompanied by a native named Quirkrk. The animals are happy in the new environment as there are no humans. The Soviets however soon send cosmonaut Jurij Levobočkin to space. He is initially sent to the Moon but arrives at Qem instead. He then meets Lajka, and settles down, but soon begins craving meat. Qem's natives soon go missing; it is revealed that Levobočkin invented a "freezer gun" and is hunting and eating them. Laika and Ham are fighting him just as he is about to bake Quirkrk. The clash ends when Levobočkin falls into the furnace, and the animals leave. Levobočkin, however, survives, now wanting revenge, and the animals prepare for battle against him. The American astronaut Neil Knokaut arrives and eventually joins Levobočkin in hunting. Laika outsmarts them and Levobočkin and Knokaut freeze each other.[7]

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Slavná Štěkačka dnes slaví výročí, včera Lajka přiletěla do kin". Totalfilm.cz (in Czech). Totalfilm Media. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  2. ^ "Loutkové sci-fi Lajka je o vztahu člověka ke zvířatům a vesmíru". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Lajka (2017)". Czech and Slovak Film Database (in Czech). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ^ Spáčilová, Mirka (1 November 2017). "RECENZE: Kosmonaut opravuje srpem a kladivem, Lajka školí vegetariány". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  5. ^ Mattise, Nathan (14 October 2018). "Laika: Forget historic tragedy, this first space dog saves alien planets". Ars Technica. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  6. ^ Stejskal, Tomáš (3 November 2017). "Animovaná filmová Lajka v kosmu neuhynula ani nezemřela, našla novou planetu". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Economia. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  7. ^ "Lajka (2017)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  8. ^ Zavřelová, Monika (10 March 2018). "Bába z ledu získala šest Českých lvů. Umělci kritizovali politiky". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  9. ^ Benediktová, Jana. "Český lev roztál z Báby z ledu, přituhovalo ale kvůli politice". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
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