Directed by:
Kurt MaetzigCinematography:
Joachim HaslerComposer:
Andrzej MarkowskiCast:
Yoko Tani, Oldřich Lukeš, Ignacy Machowski, Michail Postnikov, Kurt Rackelmann, Günther Simon, Lucyna Winnicka, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Gertraud Kreißig (more)Plots(1)
In this celebrated sci-fi classic, a mysterious object from outer space is found in the Gobi desert. An international expedition, dispatched to Venus to decipher the message it contains, discovers it is a declaration of war - on Earth! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Yoko Tani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126216_4c0317.jpg)
Yoko Tani
France
Best movies:
The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)
The Savage Innocents (1960)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
![Oldřich Lukeš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274256_d3dd54.jpg)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
![Ignacy Machowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/436/166436518_e78201.jpg)
Ignacy Machowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Michail Postnikov
Best movies:
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Liberation (1971)
Liberation: The Fire Bulge (1970)
Kurt Rackelmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
![Günther Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/790/157790935_56bd2e.jpg)
Günther Simon
German Empire
Best movies:
The Black Battalion (1958)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
![Lucyna Winnicka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270599_8f4611.jpg)
Lucyna Winnicka
Poland
Best movies:
Night Train (1959)
Through and Through (1973)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
![Ruth-Maria Kubitschek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829352_cd3e19.jpg)
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Old Shatterhand (1964)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
Gertraud Kreißig
German Empire
Best movies:
Coming Out (1989)
Moritz in the Advertising Column (1983)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Nico Turoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411271_85bc85.jpg)
Nico Turoff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Devious Path (1928)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Werner Senftleben
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Wildente (1976)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Klaus Bamberg
Best movies:
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Dr. Schlüter (1965) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Karl Brenk
German Empire
Best movies:
Spur der Steine (1966)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Fritz Decho
German Empire
Best movies:
Vanina Vanini (1961)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Eva-Maria Hagen
German Empire
Best movies:
Herzlich willkommen (1990)
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
Lore (2012)
Heinz Kögel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
![Hans Ulrich Laufer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/669/162669101_975307.jpg)
Hans Ulrich Laufer
German Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Mephisto (1981)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Vera Oelschlegel
German Empire
Best movies:
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Dornröschen (1971)
Horst Schäfer
German Empire
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Hans Schmidt
Best movies:
Spur der Steine (1966)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)