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Wikipedia article
'Los astronautas' is a 1964 Mexican comic science fiction film directed by Miguel Zacaras and starring the double act Viruta y Capulina, performed by Marco Antonio Campos and Gaspar Henaine.
Plot
In the women-ruled planet of Venus, the Union Leader of the Oppressed Husbands Syndicate wants to revert the power of leadership back to the men and threatens to initiate a strike if his will is not heard. However, the female leader of Venus believes otherwise and asserts that male dominion will only cause war and disruption. Therefore, she sends Lieutenant Lar and Sergeant Rauna on a mission to choose two male earthlings who can prove to be more useful than Venusian men, so that they can bring more of them to Venus. When Lar and Rauna choose Viruta and Capulina, two amateur singers who work in a gymnasium, they are intercepted by their constant rivals the Martians who claim that Earth is a satellite of Mars and therefore it should not be intruded by Venusians. Capulina manages to steal a super-power locket from a Martian which allows him to scare them off. He and Viruta later marry the Venusian women Laur and Rauna and then travel to the Moon for their honeymoon.
Cast
*Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta
*Gaspar Henaine as Capulina
*Gina Romand as Lar, Lieutenant X7
*Norma Mora as Rauna, Sergeant X8
*Erna Martha Bauman as Female Leader of Venus
*Antonio Raxel as Gymnasium Manager
*Armando Senz as Lombard, Union Leader of the Oppressed Husbands Syndicate
*Tito Novaro as Martian
*Jorge Casanova as Gymnasium Orator
Production
The film was shot from 1 to 2 November 1960, in Estudios Churubusco. The film's working titles were 'Turistas interplanetarios' and 'Dos viajeros del espacio'.
See also
*List of films featuring extraterrestrials
References
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