Directed by:
Jindřich PolákCinematography:
Jan KališComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Radovan Lukavský, Dana Medřická, Miroslav Macháček, František Smolík, Jiří Vršťala, Svatava Hubeňáková, Otto Lackovič, Jaroslav Mareš (more)Plots(1)
Adapted from Stanislaw Lem's novel "The Magellanic Cloud", the film is set in 2163 and follows a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity. With outstanding design and cinematography, Ikarie XB 1 is imbued with a seriousness, intelligence and attention to detail rarely seen in science-fiction cinema of the period. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Dana Medřická
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
František Smolík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Jiří Vršťala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Svatava Hubeňáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Otto Lackovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Jaroslav Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
Martin Ťapák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
Rudolf Deyl ml.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Irena Kačírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Conscience (1948)
Jozef Adamovič
Slovak state
Best movies:
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Růžena Vyskočilová
Best movies:
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Útěky domů (1980)
Dark Sun (1980)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Zdenka Borovičková
Best movies:
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Suspicion (1972)
Eva Cedlová
Best movies:
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Man in Outer Space (1961)
Chlap jak hora (1960)
Václav Irmanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Vladimír Navrátil
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Assassination (1964)