FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS(AKA: DER SCHWEIGENDE STERN)(1960) MOVIE PAGE



FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS
(AKA: DER SCHWEIGENDE STERN)(1960)
In the set: 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Classics


A film from East Germany(remember, this was 1960)!
It was pretty much changed around to be an English
film!

The world discovers a spool(I'm assuming they're
referencing a magnetic spool of tape) which they
deduce came from Venus! They decide to make an
expedition to the planet to find out who/what/why
etc.!!!

This is actually an engrosing movie, with
decent SFX! C+

A review from IMDb.com:

An AMAZING film given the year it came out-from
a story by Stanislaw Lem, THE ASTRONAUTS... the
story seems a little slow and stilted at first,
but the ideas and the Special Effects are
wonderful, including some of the sets showing
the devastated surface of Venus as seen thru
their 'chariot'. Maltin claims that a whole
lot of this film was cut to be shown in the
USA...would love to see a restored
version... - seashellz

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
Gunther Simon ... Deutscher Pilot / Robert / Raimund Brinkmann
Hua-Ta Tang ... Chinesischer Linguist / Dr. Tchen Yu / Lao Tsu
Lucyna Winnicka ... Fernsehreporterin / Joan Moran (as Lucina Winnicka)
Klaus Bamberg ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Fredy Barten ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Christoph Beyertt ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Karl Brenk ... Bit part (uncredited)
Fritz Decho ... Reporter (uncredited)
Karen Fredersdorf ... Brinkmanns Mutter (uncredited)
Eva-Maria Hagen ... Intervision-Reporter Jeanne Moreau (uncredited)
Karl-Helge Hofstadt ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Peter Kiwitt ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Gertraud Kreissig ... Reporter (uncredited)
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek ... Frau Arsenew (uncredited)
Heinz Kögel ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Hans Ulrich Laufer ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Barbara Leonhard ... Sekretärin (uncredited)
Erich Lie ... Chinese (uncredited)
Omani Mensah ... Afrikanischer Funker (uncredited)
Vera Oelschlegel ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Paul Paulsen ... Bit part (uncredited)
Lieselotte Schmoock ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Horst Schäfer ... Wissenschaftler (uncredited)
Werner Senftleben ... Funker (uncredited)
Danuta Szaflarska ... (uncredited) (voice)
San Din Tscho ... Chinese (uncredited)
Nico Turoff ... Wustenarbeiter (uncredited)
Eduard von Winterstein ... Wissenschaftler / Weiland (uncredited)


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