First Spaceship on Venus (1960)

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93 min - Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi - 31 October 1962 (USA)

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When an alien artifact discovered on Earth is found to have come from Venus, an international team of astronauts embarks to investigate its origins.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Yoko Tani	...	Die japanische Ärztin / Sumiko Ogimura MD
	Oldrich Lukes	...	Amerikanischer Atomphysiker / Prof. Harringway Hawling
	Ignacy Machowski	...	Polnischer Chefingenieur / Prof. Saltyk / Prof. Durand
	Julius Ongewe	...	Afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker / Talua
	Michail N. Postnikow	...	Sowjetischer Astronaut / Prof. Arsenew / Prof. Orloff
	Kurt Rackelmann	...	Indischer Mathematiker / Prof. Sikarna
	Günther Simon	...	Deutscher Pilot / Robert / Raimund Brinkmann
	Tang Hua-Ta	...	Chinesische Linguistin / Dr. Tchen Yu / Lao Tsu
	Lucyna Winnicka	...	Fernsehreporterin / Joan Moran (as Lucina Winnicka)
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	Danuta Szaflarska	...	(voice)

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Storyline

(U.S. Version) 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. Written by Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@best.com>

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You are there... on man's most incredible journey!

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Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

East Germany | Poland

Language:

German

Release Date:

31 October 1962 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A holtak bolygója See more »

Filming Locations:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

VEB DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Roter Kreis'', Film Polski See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min | USA: 79 min | West Germany: 80 min | East Germany: 95 min (short version: 94')

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

In the US version of this film, several pieces of music from the The Wolf Man can be heard in multiple scenes throughout the movie. See more »

Goofs

Miscellaneous: The US release has English dialogue translated from the German. Some of the translation isn't quite right. They keep referring to the power lines as being "under tension" from the German "Spannung" but for electrical lines this would usually be better translated as "electrified". Also they translate the German word "Automaten" as "automats" which would be better translated simply as "machines" or "equipment". See more »

Connections

Referenced in Bring Back... Star Trek (2009) See more »

First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
Der schweigende Stern (original title)

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