The Silent Star
You are there … on man’s most incredible journey!
1960 • 93 min • Science Fiction
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 0 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 49 Audience · 82 · 49%
An international crew journeys to Venus after a mysterious object from the planet is discovered on Earth. They hope to make first contact, but find an abandoned, devastated world with a chilling message. This classic sci-fi film explores the possibilities of space exploration and the dangers of war.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 0/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Discovered evidence of a past global conflict on Venus
- Scenes of a desolate alien landscape
What it models well
- International cooperation
- Scientific discovery
- Peaceful exploration
Talk about it after
- The importance of peaceful coexistence
- Exploring the unknown
- The impact of human actions on other civilizations
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Top billed cast
Director: Kurt Maetzig • Crew: Günter Reisch, Alexander Stenbock-Fermor, Günther Rücker, Kurt Maetzig, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Jan Fethke
Oldřich Lukeš
Prof. Harringway Hawling
Ignacy Machowski
Prof. Saltyk
- J
Julius Ongewe
Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker
Mikhail Postnikov
Prof. Arsenew
Kurt Rackelmann
Prof. Sikarna
Günther Simon
Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot
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Hua-Ta Tang
Dr. Tchen Yu
Lucyna Winnicka
Joan Moran
Yoko Tani
Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Frau Arsenjew
Trailers & clips
Clip
First Spaceship On Venus trailer (1960)
Reviewer notes
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersWere it not for the really terrible English-language dubbing, this would actually have made for quite a decently made sci-fi feature. When evidence is found from a meteor that there might be intelligent life on Venus, an international team is assembled to travel in the "Cosmocrator" to that distant world to investigate.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 4.9/10 (82)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0053250
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