First Spaceship on Venus Movie Review 1960

Eight scientists from various countries set out for Venus and find the remains of a civilization far in advance of Earth's that perished because of nuclear weapons. A sometimes compelling anti-nuclear sci-fi effort made with German and Polish backing. Originally released at 130 minutes.

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 78 minutes.
Originally from German, Polish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Meltdown, Post-Apocalypse, Space Operas

Cast

Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michal Postnikow, Kurt Rackelmann, Gunther Simon, Tang-Hua-Ta, Lucyna Winnicka

Cinematography

Joachim Hasler

Director

Kurt Maetzig

Producer

Crown International Pictures