Country: Czechoslovakia
Year: 1963
Duration: 81'
Based on The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem and set in the year 2163, this film from 1955 inspired Kubrick, Lucas and Star Trek, among others. A space mission is searching for alien life and, besides the many dangers it must face during its voyage, the crew must also deal with the inclinations and self-destructive instincts of 20th-century humanity. Futuristic art direction, intelligence and irony for a film that was ahead of its time, in an uncut and restored version.
Biography
film director
Jindrich Polák
FILMOGRAFIA
Smrt v sedle (1959), Clown Ferdinand an Bord (tv, 1959), Páté oddelení (1961), Klaun Ferdinand a raketa (1963), Clown Ferdinand will schlafen (1965), Strasná zena (1965), Pan Tau (tv, 1966), Hra bez pravidel (1967), Nebestí jezdci (1968), Noc klavíristy (1977), Zítra vstanu a oparím se cajem (1977), Pan Tau (serie tv/tv series, 1970-1978), Smrt stoparek (1979), Lucie, postrach ulice (serie tv/tv series, 1980), The Visitors (serie tv/tv series, 1984), Lucie, postrach ulice (1984), ...a zase ta Lucie! (1984), Chobotnice z druhého patra (tv, 1987), Veselé vánoce prejí chobotnice (1987), Pan Tau - Der Film (1988), Kacenka a zase ta strasidla (1993).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Jindrich Polák
soggetto/story
dal romanzo La nube di Magellano/from the novel The Magellanic Cloud di/by Stanisław Lem
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Pavel Jurácek, Jindrich Polák
fotografia/cinematography
Jan Kalis, Sasa Rasilov
montaggio/film editing
Josef Dobrichovský
scenografia/production design
Karel Lukas, Jan Zázvorka
costumi/costume design
Dena Rova
musica/music
Zdenek Liska
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Zdenek Stepánek (cap. Vladimir Abajev), Frantisek Smolík (Anthony Hopkins), Dana Medrická (Nina Kirova), Irena Kacírková (Brigitta)
produzione/production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Jindrich Polák
soggetto/story
dal romanzo La nube di Magellano/from the novel The Magellanic Cloud di/by Stanisław Lem
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Pavel Jurácek, Jindrich Polák
fotografia/cinematography
Jan Kalis, Sasa Rasilov
montaggio/film editing
Josef Dobrichovský
scenografia/production design
Karel Lukas, Jan Zázvorka
costumi/costume design
Dena Rova
musica/music
Zdenek Liska
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Zdenek Stepánek (cap. Vladimir Abajev), Frantisek Smolík (Anthony Hopkins), Dana Medrická (Nina Kirova), Irena Kacírková (Brigitta)
produzione/production
Filmové studio Barrandov
