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First Spaceship on Venus | Year: 1962 Classification: Science Fiction Directed: - Kurt Maetzig - Hugo Grimaldi great film treated badly This is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi films. Produced in GERMANY in 1959. Ahead of it's time on many levels. An INTERNATIONAL crew on board a spaceship, seven years before Star Trek in '66. Outstanding special effects, much more ambitious than anything else being produced at the time. Compare this with "Rocketship X-M" done the same year. I'd pay good money to see the original film letterboxed and subtitled. Unfortunately, the version distibuted in the U.S. is poorly dubbed and the soundtrack is made up of bad stock music, some you might recognize from old terry-toon cartoons. (shudder) On the plus side, it has great visual concepts, unique art direction and fantasic sets. The spaceship Kosmostrator, is a beautiful ship design, looking as functional and futuristic now, as it did then. Lemme tell ya kids, this film played GREAT in the theatre, and it's still one of my favorites. For Classic Sci Fi Lovers I bought this film based on vague childhood memories of neat movie about a dark and mysterious planet being visited by an international crew from Earth. I was not disappointed. Although its translation into English adds a hokey air and a few chuckles due to some rather clumsy dialog, special effects (not high tech) and a generally good story line make this an interesting and highly entertaining film. If you're a SciFi buff, this film is a must. You get what you pay for NOT as described by Amazon or the jacket - not the 130 minute original but the 78 minute dubbed version shown in the UK. The same poor quality picture (resolution 720 x 480) and sound as the 2000 release but much cheaper. Buy First Spaceship On Venus at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on First Spaceship On Venus Search with the Priority Search Engine on First Spaceship On Venus This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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