The read
A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 104 1960s science fiction movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB-1 embarks on 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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Pavel JuráčekScreenplay
- Zdeněk LiškaOriginal Music Composer
- Jindřich PolákDirector
- Jindřich PolákScreenplay
Cast
- Zdeněk ŠtěpánekCaptain Vladimír Abajev
- František SmolíkAnthony Hopkins, Mathematician
- Dana MedřickáNina Kirová, Sociologist
- Irena KačírkováBrigitta
- Radovan LukavskýCommander MacDonald
- Otto LackovičMichal, Coordinator
- Miroslav MacháčekMarcel Bernard
- Jiří VršťalaErik Svenson, Pilot
- Rudolf DeylErvin Herold, Pilot
- Jaroslav MarešMilek Wertbowsky
- Martin ŤapákPetr Kubeš, Biologist
- Marcela MartínkováŠtefa, Wertbowsky's wife
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Themes
futurespacecraftradiationspace travelsurrealismalienfuturisticalien planetblack and whiterobottrapped in spacedreary
The Best Movies of 1963
Ikarie XB 1 is #21 of 60
