
It! The Terror from Beyond Space(1958)
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.


“You are there … on man’s most incredible journey!”
A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

Oldřich Lukeš
Prof. Harringway Hawling

Ignacy Machowski
Prof. Saltyk
Julius Ongewe
Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker

Mikhail Postnikov
Prof. Arsenew

Kurt Rackelmann
Prof. Sikarna

Günther Simon
Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot
Hua-Ta Tang
Dr. Tchen Yu

Lucyna Winnicka
Joan Moran

Yoko Tani
Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Frau Arsenjew
The Silent Star is a science fiction film released in 1960 exploring themes of spacecraft, alien, space. Directed by Kurt Maetzig, it stars Oldřich Lukeš, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe. A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.
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