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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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:

Deutsche Film (DEFA), VEB DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Roter Kreis'' 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 1962 USA release version, on the film soundtrack, in a scene in the control room of the Kosmokrator rocket, we hear a music track titled "In Outer Space" from Destination Moon by Leith Stevens, and later in the movie, in the scenes of eerie destruction of the Venusian city, we hear a music track titled "Metaluna Catastrophe" from This Island Earth by Herman Stein. Both of these uses of music were uncredited and unlicensed, and unauthorized by the copyright holders. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: In the chess-playing scene, the robot checkmates Orlof with his king. It is against the rules of chess to check/checkmate one king with another king unless it is to prevent escape as it would mean putting the attacking king in check. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992) See more »

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

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