The Man from the First Century

Original title: Muz z prvního století

1962
1h 25m

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5.9/10

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Comedy Sci-Fi

A workman is accidentally sent into outer space, where he meets an alien that can make himself invisible. They return to Earth in the year 2447. Complications ensue.A workman is accidentally sent into outer space, where he meets an alien that can make himself invisible. They return to Earth in the year 2447. Complications ensue.A workman is accidentally sent into outer space, where he meets an alien that can make himself invisible. They return to Earth in the year 2447. Complications ensue.

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Otomar Krejca, Lubomír Lipský, and Radovan Lukavský in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Milos Kopecký in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Radovan Lukavský in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Anita Kajlichova and Vít Olmer in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Milos Kopecký and Vladimír Mensík in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Vladimír Mensík in The Man from the First Century (1962)

Milos Kopecký and Radovan Lukavský in The Man from the First Century (1962)

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Trivia
Anita Kajlichova's debut.

Connections
Featured in Chiller Theatre: Man in Outer Space (1975)

Soundtracks
Na konícka si vyskocím
Czech traditional
Performed by Milos Kopecký

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You can get ANYTHING in the future--except common sense!

It's been a long time since I viewed this SF comedy on "Seymour's Fright Night", but I still crack a smile when I remember Joseph the Custodian's return to Earth after 500+ years, and his almost total inability to live in a near-Utopian future without making a total ass of himself. In this surprisingly optimistic version of the twenty-fifth century, poor Joseph winds up being a walking advertisement for every materialist(cough, cough) impulse that lurks in every human being. With Joseph ordering one of practically everything(for free!) from the "World Citizen's Catalogue", one of his minders exclaims, "...why does ANYONE need so many THINGS?" A wry comment on crass materialism that wouldn't be out of place even today. Of course, Joseph still has to justify the State having to put a roof over his head, so with the help of "Adam", his alien companion from his last stopover, the "Blue Star", he proceeds to run a con game on his hosts by leading them to believe that his own brain is the equal of any supercomputer of their time. The complications ensuing were actually quite amusing, such as Adam's misinterpretations of Human Sexual Relations. I've searched SF conventions for a bootleg of this film, just so I can see it again after thirty-odd years...and I refuse to give up! If anyone knows where, PLEASE drop me a line...

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