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Kurt MaetzigFirst Spaceship on Venus (1960)

A spaceship on a mission to Venus uncovers an increasingly sinister secret.

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This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Kurt Maetzig
Producer: Hans Mahlich
Production Company: Deutsche Film (DEFA)
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: sci-fi; venus; space travel;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: molly32 - - February 5, 2012
Subject: New classic
Never seen this one. Different special effects from American or Japanese made. Not too bad. This would've been great to see on the big screen. *SPOILER ALERT* The heroes: the African, the Japanese, the American.

Reviewer: rclo - - July 22, 2011
Subject: The Dub Is the Only Flub
I think this movie is notable for the special effects, which were superior for 1960. The actors are credible, as is the technical storyline, given our knowledge of Venus in 1960. The moral of the picture (nuclear weapons - bad; space travel - good) intrudes on the action near the end, causing the movie to stumble a bit.

The major shortcomings of the movie are the clumsy translation and dubbing. It's clear that the people in charge of that didn't have a good handle on the English language with respect to translation, cadence, timing and inflection. Even with that, it's a pretty good space flick.

Reviewer: ohsnapiam56 - - October 12, 2010
Subject: Great cheesy movie
SPOILER ALERT!! I own the dvd of this. Very cheesy...great fun. Bad dubbing, bad acting. BUT ahead of its time...multiracial cast (although the black guy still gets it in the end)! One of my favorite 'bad movies'. Get a glass of wine and enjoy the cheese.

Reviewer: cosmico - - July 30, 2010
Subject: That 1962-ish Double Feature
I first saw this film as one half of a Saturday matinee double bill with Varan the Unbelieveable. Varan was your typical silly "big rubber monster" movie and naturally it was fun as a kid to watch toy cars and toy buildings get stomped and tromped, but...FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS blew my mind! I was already something of a space geek kid, but FIRST SPACESHIP showed me things I had never seen before...and in color on a big screen! This film haunted me for years until I finally saw it again on late-night TV years later (remember, we didn't have cable, VCRs or DVDs in the 1960s), and even on a black and white TV screen, it was a magical vision to see. I still like this movie a lot, but it just can't quite match my pre-teen memories of it. So four stars to one of my best sci-fi movie memories...for nostalgia's sake! :)

Reviewer: skybandit - - July 30, 2010
Subject: Inspirational
By that I mean it inspired Roddenberry (multiracial international crew playing chess) and Lucas (cute robot as Odious Comic Relief). Right up (or down?) there with "Planet of the Vampires" and "12 to the Moon." Not the best print, but quality cheese!

Reviewer: Blade_Runner - - July 30, 2010
Subject: Actually...
I think it was watched by kids in Communist countries as this is a Communist movie.

Still good though. 2 Stars for the copy here. 4 stars for the original extended cut only available on dvd.

Reviewer: Ed Jr - - July 30, 2010
Subject: Oldies but goodies
This is what the kids in the 50's watched and enjoied. It was kind of fun.