First Spaceship on Venus
1960 · Movie · G · 93 min · ★ 4.9
When a strange object uncovered on Earth is traced back to Venus, an international space expedition sets out to learn who sent it and what happened there. Their mission becomes a journey into an eerie, unknown world shaped by mystery, danger, and curiosity.
Based on The Astronauts
Also known as Planet of the Dead · Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply
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Details
- Original title
- Der schweigende Stern
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-02-26
- Language
- German
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 4.9/10 (82 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like colorful, old-school space adventures with a curious, pulpy feel, somewhere between This Island Earth and Warlords of the Deep; Not for you if slow pacing and dated dubbing quickly take you out of it.
Pros: imaginative Venus landscapes; striking spaceship design; ambitious international crew | Cons: rough English dubbing; slow pacing; uneven acting
Themes
- spacecraft
- alien
- space
Cast & crew
Oldřich Lukeš
as Prof. Harringway Hawling
Ignacy Machowski
as Prof. Saltyk
- JO
Julius Ongewe
as Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker
Mikhail Postnikov
as Prof. Arsenew
Kurt Rackelmann
as Prof. Sikarna
Günther Simon
as Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot
- HT
Hua-Ta Tang
as Dr. Tchen Yu
Lucyna Winnicka
as Joan Moran
Yoko Tani
as Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
as Frau Arsenjew
Directed by Kurt Maetzig