| The Son of the Stars | |
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| Directed by | Mircea Toia, Călin Cazan, Dan Chisovsky |
| Written by | Mircea Toia |
| Produced by | Silvia Florescu |
| Starring | Ion Caramitru, Virgil Ogășanu, Mircea Albulescu, Mirela Gorea, Ovidiu Schumacher, Marcel Iureș |
| Cinematography | Roxana Mihalcea |
| Music by | Ștefan Elefteriu |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Româniafilm |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Romania |
| Language | Romanian |
The Son of the Stars [1] (original Romanian title: Fiul stelelor) is a 1988 Romanian science fiction animation film directed and written by Mircea Toia. [2] [3] The screenplay is inspired by the novel The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. [4] The Son of the Stars combines elements of science fiction with elements from fairy tales, being made with a small team and a low budget. [5]
The story takes place in the distant future (around the year 6470) and follows the adventures of a little boy, born on a spaceship, who is separated from his parents on the way back to Earth.