Planet 888
Release Date: 1985-04-12
Rating : 8/10
Duration : 10 minutes
Genres : Science Fiction, Animation
Director : Vladimir Mailian
Writer : Evert Payazat
Two cosmonauts arrive on a barren world and begin a clean-up operation. In the course of their duties, they revive the planet’s civilisation and discover the real reason for its devastation- thermonuclear war. Produced after the peak of tensions in the late Cold War, this animated short from Armenfilm reflects a muted optimism that humanity might- just- avoid total destruction. It also demonstrates the strength of animation under the Soviet system, where even the smaller state studios were capable of inventive but technically polished work.