Directed by:
Kurt MaetzigCinematography:
Joachim HaslerComposer:
Andrzej MarkowskiCast:
Yoko Tani, Oldřich Lukeš, Ignacy Machowski, Michail Postnikov, Kurt Rackelmann, Günther Simon, Lucyna Winnicka, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Gertraud Kreißig (more)Plots(1)
In this celebrated sci-fi classic, a mysterious object from outer space is found in the Gobi desert. An international expedition, dispatched to Venus to decipher the message it contains, discovers it is a declaration of war - on Earth! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Yoko Tani
France
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The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)
The Savage Innocents (1960)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
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Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Ignacy Machowski
Poland
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The Noose (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Michail Postnikov
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Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
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Kurt Rackelmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Günther Simon
German Empire
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The Black Battalion (1958)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Lucyna Winnicka
Poland
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Night Train (1959)
Through and Through (1973)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Czechoslovakia
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Old Shatterhand (1964)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
Gertraud Kreißig
German Empire
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Nico Turoff
Russian Empire
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The Devious Path (1928)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Werner Senftleben
German Empire
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First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Klaus Bamberg
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Karl Brenk
German Empire
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La Trace des pierres (1966)
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First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Fritz Decho
German Empire
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Eva-Maria Hagen
German Empire
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Heinz Kögel
German Empire
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Hans Ulrich Laufer
German Empire
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Les Misérables (1958)
Mephisto (1981)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Vera Oelschlegel
German Empire
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First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Dornröschen (1971)
Horst Schäfer
German Empire
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Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
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Tatort (1970) (series)
Hans Schmidt
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Five Cartridges (1960)
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