Project Hail Mary
2026 · Science fiction · Adventure
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Film / 1960
The Silent Star
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Oldřich LukešProf. Harringway Hawling
Ignacy MachowskiProf. Saltyk
Julius OngeweTalua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker
Mikhail PostnikovProf. Arsenew
Kurt RackelmannProf. Sikarna
Günther SimonRobert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot
Hua-Ta TangDr. Tchen Yu
Lucyna WinnickaJoan Moran
Yoko TaniSumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin
Ruth-Maria KubitschekFrau Arsenjew
Eva-Maria HagenReporterin
Karen FredersdorfBinkmans Mutter
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Werner SenftlebenFunker
Nico TuroffWüstenarbeiter (uncredited)
Eduard von WintersteinWeimann, Kernphysiker
Stanisław IgarScientist (uncredited)
Artur MłodnickiScientist (uncredited)
Józef PierackiScientist (uncredited)
San Din TschoChinese
Danuta Szaflarska(Voice)
Lieselotte SchmookBit Part
Paul PaulsenBit Part
Barbara LeonhardSekretarin
Omani MensahAfrikanischer Funker
Horst Shaferwissenschaftler
Vera OelschlegelBit Part
Erich LieChinese
Hans Ulrich LauferBit Part
Gertraud KreissigReporter
Heinz KögelBit Part
Peter KiwittBit Part
Karl-Helge HofstadtBit Part
Fritz DechoReporter
Karl BrenkBit Part
Christoph BeyerttBit Part
Klaus BambergBit Part
Fredy BartenBit Part
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