Directed by:
Balázs LengyelCinematography:
György RéderComposer:
Ádám BalázsCast:
Tamás Keresztes, József Gyabronka, Tibor Pálffy, Zétény Varga, Athina Papadimitriu, Sergej Onopko, Nóra Trokán, Gábor Máté, Andor Lukáts, Csaba Gosztonyi (more)Plots(1)
A black comedy that allows us to learn that the first living being in space was not actually a dog called Lajka, but a Hungarian crop-sprayer by the name of Lajko. It is 1957 and the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the honour of providing the first human to orbit in space. The most suitable candidate turns out to be none other than the quiet and placid Lajko, the first Gypsy pilot in Hungary, maybe the whole world. He has felt a lifelong attraction to the stars and the unexplored infinity of outer space. He cannot believe his good fortune. When he is eventually selected for this daring mission, he doesn't know that they chose him for this mission for a reason… (Warsaw Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Tamás Keresztes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/411/162411407_f580f6.jpg)
Tamás Keresztes
Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Sunshine (1999)
Children of Glory (2006)
![József Gyabronka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/913/161913219_a00b38.jpg)
József Gyabronka
Hungary
Best movies:
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
Willy the Sparrow (1989)
Fateless (2005)
Tibor Pálffy
Romania
Best movies:
Bibliotheque Pascal (2010)
Katalin Varga (2009)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Zétény Varga
Hungary
Best movies:
Strangled (2016)
A kőmajmok háza (2014) (TV movie)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
![Athina Papadimitriu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/114/162114392_804258.jpg)
Athina Papadimitriu
Hungary
Best movies:
Ants' Nest (1971)
Mesmer (1994)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
Sergej Onopko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Eternal Winter (2018)
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
Red Sparrow (2018)
![Nóra Trokán](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/829/161829188_306493.jpg)
Nóra Trokán
Hungary
Best movies:
Well (2016)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022)
![Gábor Máté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/255/163255559_6f0ee1.jpg)
Gábor Máté
Hungary
![Andor Lukáts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/323/163323990_a0478d.jpg)
Andor Lukáts
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
White Palms (2006)
Those Who Remained (2019)
The Wednesday Child (2015)
![Csaba Gosztonyi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/942/161942469_0c0bd6.jpg)
Csaba Gosztonyi
Hungary
Best movies:
I Am Not Your Friend (2009)
X - The eXploited (2018)
Free Fall (2014)
![Zoltán Rajkai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/631/162631470_703139.jpg)
Zoltán Rajkai
Hungary
Best movies:
Parkoló (2014)
1945 (2017)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
![Ági Szirtes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/313/163313913_b66116.jpg)
Ági Szirtes
Hungary
Best movies:
A Very Moral Night (1977)
The Seventh Little Brother (1991)
The Man from London (2007)
![Zsolt Trill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/715/161715133_eb149e.jpg)
Zsolt Trill
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Seventh Circle (2008)
The Whiskey Bandit (2017)
Chameleon (2008)
Tsogtsaikan Narantsogt
Best movies:
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
Nikola Tutek
Best movies:
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
![Anna Böger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/535/159535873_c8e5ca.jpg)
Anna Böger
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
3 Türken & ein Baby (2015)
![Anna Trokán](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/828/161828308_868a68.jpg)
Anna Trokán
Hungary
Best movies:
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
![Ádám Lábodi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/124/162124752_ec3d27.jpg)
Ádám Lábodi
Best movies:
Istanbul (2011)
Made in Hungaria (2009)
The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
![Bogdan Benyuk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/317/159317454_f77837.jpg)
Bogdan Benyuk
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Kandagar (2010)
Umbrella Sky (2021)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
![Zoltán Cservák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/313/163313854_ab4911.jpg)
Zoltán Cservák
Best movies:
Valan – Az angyalok völgye (2019)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)