First Spaceship on Venus (1959)

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Originally released in East Germany as Der Schweigende Stern ("The Silent Star") and in Poland as Milczaca gwiazda, First Spaceship on Venus was partially intended as an anti-nuclear tract. In 1985, a strange, extraterrestrial spool is discovered, leading to a manned expedition to Venus. The multinational crew includes American Brinkman (Gunther Simon), African Talua (Juliusz Ongewe), and Japanese Sumiko Ogimura (Yoko Tani). After several special-effects setpieces (and reams of dogmatic dialogue later), the crew lands on Venus, only to discover that the planet's population was wiped out by a nuclear error. Armed with this knowledge, the expedition returns to earth with a warning for all mankind. The film was based on a novel by noted Eastern Bloc sci-fi novelist Stanislaw Lem. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
95 mins

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Director(s):
Kurt Maetzig
Writer(s):
G. ReischGuenther RueckerKurt Maetzig
Producer(s):
Edmund GoldmanJewton P. JacobsPaul Schreibman
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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