First Spaceship on Venus

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Starring Guenther Simon, Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michail Postnikow, Kurt Rackelmann, Tan Hua-Ta. Screenplay by James Fethke and Kurt Maetzig. Music by Gordon Zahler. Special Effects by Ernst Kunstmann. Production Design by Anatol Radzinowicz. Cinematography by Joachim Hasler. Executive Producer: Hugo Grimaldi. Directed by Kurt Maetzig.

After discovering a communications device from Venus containing a message of the impending attack of Earth, an international crew of astronauts and scientists embark on the first manned expedition of the mystery-shrouded planet. Upon arrival, they discover the ruins of an advanced civilization that destroyed itself in its zealous quest to master atomic weaponry.

Based on the best-selling novel, THE ASTRONAUTS, by Poland's most famous science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS has been called "the first influential post-war space opera from Eastern Europe," (Aurum Film Encyclopedia). A spectacular Technicolor® adventure, presented here for the first time on video in widescreen "letterbox" format.

Wade Williams

Includes the original PREVUES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS A Crown International Pictures Release * Originally released Oct. 31, 1962 Color by Technicolor®/Anamorphic process by Totalvision Running time: 78 min. * Recorded in Standard Play (SP) Mode