Voyage to the End of the Universe
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Cast & Crew
Jack Pollack
Dennis Stephans
Francis Smolen
Dana Meredith
Irene Kova
Rodney Lucas
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Spaceship Icarus , a flying city of the 25th century, speeds its crew of 50 men and women toward distant planets. After 4 months of travel, astronomer Hopkins pinpoints a mysterious spacecraft in the path of Icarus . Pilots of an expeditionary rocket find that the craft is a wreck peopled by the dead; evidence of poison gas indicates foul play. The expedition commander discovers that the craft is charged with atomic energy and calls the pilots back. The pilots find unexploded bombs on the craft and attempt to return, but their rocket explodes in an enormous atomic blast. Resuming its course, Icarus approaches a dark star whose radiation retards the biochemical processes of living organisms and induces a deep sleep. According to Hopkins' calculations, the ship must run on automatic pilot for 60 hours to pass the danger zone, but the crew mysteriously awakens after 25 hours. The scientists must now devote their attentions to Svensson and Michael, who have been poisoned by radiation while repairing Icarus . Michael has lost his ability to reason and wants only to return home; he locks himself behind armored doors, and MacDonald crawls through air ducts to subdue him. The crisis past, Brigit discovers a strange nebula moving at the same speed as the ship. Hopkins determines that the cloud is a magnetic field beamed from the Green Planet to protect them from the dark star's radiation; this phenonemon accounts for their premature awakening. Convinced that they have at last found a planet inhabited by intelligent and friendly creatures, the crew prepares to land on the Green Planet--Earth.
Director
Jack Pollack
Cast
Dennis Stephans
Francis Smolen
Dana Meredith
Irene Kova
Rodney Lucas
Otto Lack
Myron March
Joseph Adams
Rudolph Dial
John Rose
Martin Tapin
Jerry Tullis
John Mares
Marcella Martin
Svatava Hubenáková
Renza Nova
Jan Morris
Joe Irwin
Ludek Munzar
Emilie Vasayova
Crew
Franti¿ek Belfín
Hynek Bocan
Bohumír Brunclík
Karel Císarovský
Don Demore
Joe Derby
Eli¿ka Doubková
Bohumil Dudar
The Film Symphony Orchestra
Vladimír Guth
Frank Haller
Rudolph Hammer
Ruzena Hejsková
Jirí Hlupý
Jan Hospodár
Oldrich Hubácek
Franti¿ek Jaderník
Pavel Jurácek
Jan Kali¿
Jan Kali¿
Milton Karas
Mildred Kauders
Helena Lehovcová
Danny List
Carl Lukas
Milan Morávek
Pavel Necesal
Milan Nejedlý
Rudolph Pele
Jack Pollack
Sa¿a Ra¿ilov
Kay Rose
Dena Rova
Jirí Ruzicka
John Scales
Esther Smith
Jaromír Svoboda
Ludmila Tikovská
Rudolph Wohl
John Zaav
Ferdinand Zelenka
Franti¿ek Zemlicka
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Released in Czechoslovakia in Agfacolor in July 1963 as Ikarie XB 1; running time: 90 min. Original Czech credit and cast names include: Rudolf Wolf (Rudolph Wohl), Jindrich Polák (Jack Pollack), January Zázvorka (John Zaav), Josef Dobrichovský (Joe Derby), Zdenek Li¿ka (Danny List), Franti¿ek Halmazna (Frank Haller), Rudolf Pe¿ek (Rudolph Pele), Milan Kauders (Mildred Kauders), Zdenek ¿tepánek (Dennis Stephans), Franti¿ek Smolík (Francis Smolen), Dana Medrická (Dana Meredith), Irena Kacírková (Irene Kova), Radovan Lukavský (Rodney Lucas), Otto Lackovic (Otto Lack), Miroslav Machácek (Myron March), Jozef Adamovic (Joseph Adams), Rudolf Deyl (Rudolph Dial), Jaroslav Rozsíval (John Rose), Martin Tapák (Martin Tapin), Jirí Vr¿tala (Jerry Tullis), Jaroslav Mare¿ (John Mares), Marcela Martínková (Marcella Martin), Ruzena Urbanová (Renza Nova), January Cmíral (Jan Morris), and Vjaceslav Irmanov (Joe Irwin). U. S. copyright claimant: Alta Vista Productions.
