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Science Fiction

First Spaceship on Venus

- You are there … on man’s most incredible journey!

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

Release Date : 1960-02-26

Language :GermanEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DEFACrown International PicturesZespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"

Production Country : East GermanyPoland

Alternative Titles : Planet of the DeadSilent StarSpaceship Venus Does Not ReplyThe Silent Star

Cast

Oldřich Lukeš

Character Name : Prof. Harringway Hawling

Original Name : Oldřich Lukeš

Gender : Male

Ignacy Machowski

Character Name : Prof. Saltyk

Original Name : Ignacy Machowski

Gender : Male

Julius Ongewe

Character Name : Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker

Original Name : Julius Ongewe

Gender : Male

Mikhail Postnikov

Character Name : Prof. Arsenew

Original Name : Mikhail Postnikov

Gender : Male

Kurt Rackelmann

Character Name : Prof. Sikarna

Original Name : Kurt Rackelmann

Gender : Male

Günther Simon

Character Name : Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot

Original Name : Günther Simon

Gender : Male

Hua-Ta Tang

Character Name : Dr. Tchen Yu

Original Name : Hua-Ta Tang

Gender : Male

Lucyna Winnicka

Character Name : Joan Moran

Original Name : Lucyna Winnicka

Gender : Female

Yoko Tani

Character Name : Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin

Original Name : Yoko Tani

Gender : Female

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

Character Name : Frau Arsenjew

Original Name : Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

Gender : Female

Eva-Maria Hagen

Character Name : Reporterin

Original Name : Eva-Maria Hagen

Gender : Female

Karen Fredersdorf

Character Name :

Original Name : Karen Fredersdorf

Gender : Male

Gertraud Kreissig

Character Name :

Original Name : Gertraud Kreissig

Gender : Female

Nico Turoff

Character Name :

Original Name : Nico Turoff

Gender : Male

Werner Senftleben

Character Name :

Original Name : Werner Senftleben

Gender : Male

Eduard von Winterstein

Character Name : Weimann, Kernphysiker

Original Name : Eduard von Winterstein

Gender : Male

Stanisław Igar

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Stanisław Igar

Gender : Male

Artur Młodnicki

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Artur Młodnicki

Gender : Male

Józef Pieracki

Character Name : Scientist (uncredited)

Original Name : Józef Pieracki

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-29

Were it not for the really terrible English-language dubbing, this would actually have made for quite a decently made sci-fi feature. When evidence is found from a meteor that there might be intelligent life on Venus, an international team is assembled to travel in the "Cosmocrator" to that distant world to investigate. En route, they manage to decipher some of the writing found on the meteoric chunk and conclude that the folks from Venus had actually contemplated invasion of the Earth at the start of the 20th Century - might they be flying into the lions den? The space ship effects are all pretty much "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and the actors, though admittedly pretty poor, reflect a diversity of races and nations as they hurtle through space. Once on the planet, however, this starts to come apart at the seams a bit - they must evade an encroaching mass of mud/treacle/chocolate and their destination, that definitely shows signs of having had a developed civilisation at one point, seems to want to eliminate them all... Can they make it back home? It's no worse than any of the "Outer Limits" style movies we'll have sat through over the years, and had it been subtitled I might have actually quite enjoyed it. It even has an underlying theme that might just be worth bearing in mind 60 years later, too.