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00:00:08:You are watching the|German-Polish coproduction
00:00:13:THE SlLENT STAR
00:00:18:made by the DEFA Studio for Feature Films|and Film Polski
00:00:25:based on the novel The Astronauts|by Stanislaw Lem
00:00:31:adapted to film by Fethke, Kohlhaase,|Reisch, R�cker, and Stenbock-Fermor
00:00:37:in collaboration with the director.
00:00:41:Photographer|Joachim Hasler
00:00:44:Special Effects|Ernst Kunstmann
00:00:48:Sets|Anatol Radzinowicz and Alfred Hirschmeier
00:00:59:Music and Sound Effects|Andrzej Markowski
00:01:04:Electronic music recorded by Polish Radio|and the DEFA Symphony Orchestra
00:01:09:Sound|Kurt Eppers and G�nter Witt
00:01:13:Editor|Lena Neumann
00:01:16:Assistant Director|Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
00:01:20:Directorial Assistants|Doris Borkmann and Hieronim Przybyl
00:01:24:Assistant Photographer|Detlef Hertelt
00:01:28:Production Managers|Martin Sonnabend and Henryk Szlachet
00:01:33:Costumes|Elli-Charlotte L�ffler
00:01:36:Make Up|Alois Strasser and Christa Grewald
00:01:41:Starring
00:01:43:Yoko Tani|as the Japanese Doctor
00:01:45:Oldrich Lukes|as the American Nuclear Physicist
00:01:49:Ignacy Machowski|as the Polish Chief Engineer
00:01:53:Julius Ongewe|as the African TV Technician
00:01:56:Michail N. Postnikow|as the Soviet Astronaut
00:01:59:Kurt Rackelmann|as the lndian Mathematician
00:02:03:G�nther Simon|as the German Pilot
00:02:05:Tang Hua-Ta|as the Chinese Linguist
00:02:08:Lucina Winnicka|as the TV Reporter
00:02:11:many actors from different countries|and Omega the Robot
00:02:25:Executive Producers|Hans Mahlich and Edward Zajicek
00:02:31:Director|Kurt Maetzig
00:02:39:In 1970 an unusual rock was found|at a construction site in the Gobi Desert.
00:02:46:The specimen's strange appearance|caught the attention of scientists.
00:02:51:Tests revealed an interior vessel|that contained a cylinder.
00:02:56:Further analysis indicated the material|was extraterrestrial in origin.
00:03:01:It was not made by humankind.
00:03:05:Where did it come from?
00:03:10:Then they remembered|that in Siberia in 1908
00:03:14:an explosion had occurred|that was the size of a hydrogen bomb.
00:03:21:It was visible|from hundreds of kilometers away.
00:03:24:It was thought to be a giant meteor.
00:03:28:The flight path and impact location|were later sought by Soviet expeditions
00:03:32:but no remains were ever found|of the Tongu meteor.
00:03:38:Astronomers and astronauts|led by the Soviet Prof. Arsenyev,
00:03:43:the man who launched|the first spaceship to the moon.
00:03:46:Ieader of the lnternational|World Federation for Space Research,
00:03:50:gave the first thorough explanation|to the world.
00:03:58:According to our calculations|confirmed by the Lunar Station's findings
00:04:04:the mysterious Tongu meteor
00:04:07:was likely the explosion|of a spaceship from another planet.
00:04:13:This hypothesis occupied scientists|all over the world.
00:04:17:In New York many are waiting for|American atomic physicist Prof. Hawling.
00:04:26:Prof. Hawling,|isn't this another fairy tale?
00:04:29:How could the cylinder have landed|so far away from the location of the crash?
00:04:35:How is it possible?
00:04:37:We believe when the retro-rockets failed
00:04:41:the spaceship's passengers tried to save|what they considered most valuable.
00:04:46:Their only option.
00:04:48:I believe that this cylinder contains|a magnetic recording of a document
00:04:52:that was composed in a language|unknown to us.
00:04:57:The world's largest computer was provided|for an international translation commission
00:05:03:to decipher this unknown language.
00:05:09:This is the Chinese linguist|Chen Yu.
00:05:12:His work in biology is as highly acclaimed|as his contribution to linguistics.
00:05:18:He succeeded in transforming|inorganic substances into food.
00:05:21:Now feeding a growing world population|is no longer a problem.
00:05:25:He is leading the translation commission|together with Prof. Sikarna,
00:05:29:a world-famous mathematician|with the genius of Einstein.
00:05:36:We don't yet have|the translation commission's results,
00:05:39:but our experiments in|astronomical research continue.
00:05:45:There is no doubt.
00:05:47:This spaceship was launched|within our solar system,
00:05:52:from a position inside Earth's orbit.
00:05:56:Given that no life can exist on Mercury,
00:05:58:it could only have been launched|from one location:
00:06:02:Our morning and evening star,|the planet Venus.
00:06:17:Now!
00:06:38:-Our Earth's elements.|-Correct.
00:06:40:It's certainly a chemical|physical analysis of the Earth's surface.
00:06:44:-But Professor...|-Shhh!
00:07:05:These are the first words|of beings from another planet!
00:07:11:Yes.
00:07:17:But unfortunately,
00:07:19:the cylinder containing the message|was damaged.
00:07:22:Probably a result of high temperatures|endured during the crash.
00:07:29:We don't know the content|of the message sent by the Venusians.
00:07:35:Using chemical and radioactive treatments|we'll try to recover the missing text.
00:07:41:-Chen Yu...|-Yes, we don't know much.
00:07:46:But what we do know is that Venus|is inhabited by highly-developed beings.
00:07:51:My concern is,
00:07:54:Why is Venus silent?
00:07:56:Now we understand their language|but can we communicate with them?
00:08:02:We have to try...
00:08:06:I propose,
00:08:09:we approach all governments|with the request
00:08:12:that they aim all radio and radar|transmissions toward Venus.
00:08:17:We'll call Venus!
00:08:32:Polar station calling Lunar Station|Luna 3.
00:08:42:This is Lunar Station Luna 3.
00:08:47:Venus is still silent.
00:08:49:Our signals are reaching the planet|but there is no response.
00:09:05:Good afternoon.
00:09:07:-May I request an interview?|-We have great news.
00:09:11:As you know, we're building the largest|spaceship ever made, the Cosmokrator l.
00:09:15:It was intended for flight to Mars.
00:09:18:Our government will offer it to the|lnternational Space Research Federation.
00:09:24:It will fly to Venus.
00:09:26:-ls it ready for launch?|-Should flight be attempted?
00:09:29:-What do our rocket scientists say?|-Has Venus answered yet?
00:09:34:No, Venus is still silent.|Regardless, we're flying.
00:09:38:Who is flying?
00:09:40:Here are some members of the team|who are preparing for takeoff.
00:09:43:They'll make up the largest collective|of the best astrophysicists and astronauts.
00:09:49:They are the Cosmokrator's crew.
00:09:52:Why not just a team of Soviet scientists?|It's their rocket!
00:09:58:Landing on Venus|cannot concern only one nation.
00:10:02:We are not only internationalists|in politics.
00:10:05:In a peaceful world we don't keep|our successes to ourselves.
00:10:08:Take Luna 3 for example,|the socialist lunar station.
00:10:12:We don't use it as a military base.
00:10:14:Engineers and physicists|from all nations work there.
00:10:18:Has Hawling responded|to your invitation yet?
00:10:21:We haven't yet heard from our great|American colleague and friend, Hawling.
00:10:27:But we're certain he'll reply.
00:10:31:Hawling, your stubbornness|is exhausting!
00:10:34:Be reasonable and forget about this flight!
00:10:36:I appeal to the consortium to accept|that nothing will deter me!
00:10:41:I belong in that team!
00:10:43:They are more interested in our rocket|than in you.
00:10:47:At this pace|we'll have our own rocket in no time.
00:10:51:But by then it will be too late.|We're just getting older, George!
00:10:58:Too bad we'll be delayed.|Arsenyev was faster.
00:11:01:Which is why|it's an even greater travesty to delay.
00:11:05:The delay is not my fault.
00:11:09:I've been working 20 years for you|since our atomic bomb test in the Pacific.
00:11:14:Have a whisky, Hawling.
00:11:18:I've given you 20 years.|Give me the chance to fulfill my dream.
00:11:23:Two things have impressed me about you|since day one:
00:11:28:Your genius and your rationality.
00:11:31:Now suddenly you're talking about dreams.
00:11:36:You're allowing yourself to become involved|in an ill-conceived adventure.
00:11:42:Everyone has his adventure.
00:11:44:Your adventure was...
00:11:47:Hiroshima.
00:11:48:His is the flight to Venus.
00:11:52:Your adventures are behind you.|His are yet to come.
00:11:56:Dear Weimann, thank you for the lecture.
00:12:00:It's a pleasure to become acquainted with|your progressive convictions.
00:12:05:But it would be better to allow|the men here to talk business.
00:12:09:Hawling is my student,|my best student.
00:12:13:He has learned more than physics from us.
00:12:17:I could never do what I wanted.
00:12:21:I wanted to work in G�ttingen|as a German scholar.
00:12:25:The Nazis drove me out of the university.
00:12:29:I wanted to make useful atomic energy|here in America.
00:12:33:I built the atomic bomb.
00:12:37:I never wanted it to be dropped.
00:12:41:But they talked me into it.
00:12:44:History doesn't have to repeat itself!
00:12:47:Should no generation|ever fulfill its dreams?
00:12:53:I am tired.
00:12:55:Excuse me.
00:12:59:Hawling!
00:13:01:We're weaker without you.|But you're nothing without us.
00:13:04:It won't end well.
00:13:23:-All engines are functioning perfectly.|-It's still too early to celebrate.
00:13:29:We'll launch in two days|at night fall.
00:13:32:-Then we have a lot to do.|-See you, Soltyk.
00:13:36:Talua, check the radar device again.
00:13:40:Will do, Professor.
00:13:41:How's Mona?
00:13:43:She telegraphed that|she's flying in tomorrow.
00:13:49:The pilot is bringing Hawling.
00:13:51:Do you know Brinkmann?|He's our German pilot on board.
00:13:55:Survived three rocket explosions|and he's still flying.
00:13:59:I think you'll like him.
00:14:03:This is lntervision.
00:14:05:We have broadcast the tests|of Cosmokrator's engines.
00:14:22:Ladies and Gentlemen,|I have won the grand prize.
00:14:25:I will cover the launch|of the spaceship to Venus.
00:14:30:We know you'd all like to be here|but unfortunately that's impossible.
00:14:34:Only scientists and technicians involved|with the launch are permitted.
00:14:39:I will represent you|as the only observer allowed here.
00:14:42:Your participation is possible|by watching these reports.
00:14:46:At this moment, I see that|the rest of the crew is arriving.
00:14:52:Here's the man central to the operation:|Polish chief engineer, Soltyk.
00:14:58:What is it?
00:15:00:I'll be there.
00:15:03:-The tool supplies are complete.|-Good.
00:15:05:Station A reports that|the stellar charts have been corrected.
00:15:17:Afternoon, Soltyk!
00:15:19:-The flight was excellent.|-The rattle-trap still runs great.
00:15:22:But show me your miraculous|jet-propelled elasticopter.
00:15:26:Everything's miraculous here.|Omega, come here!
00:15:43:Omega, what's the weather forecast|for the next 6 hours?
00:15:46:Barometer falling 4 points.
00:15:55:Fantastic! Your invention of course?
00:15:59:Oh, nothing special.
00:16:01:-My 20th son.|-Don't be so modest.
00:16:04:What else can he do?
00:16:05:He automatically takes measurements|and analyzes them.
00:16:09:Omega's latest improvement is|electronic memory.
00:16:13:Wonderful. Maybe we could pass the time|playing chess with him.
00:16:20:Back from America?|Hop in.
00:16:25:To the meadow.
00:16:31:A little bit too crazy for just two days.
00:16:35:Some people don't understand|what it means that I'm joining you,
00:16:39:that it isn't just for science.|They don't get it.
00:16:55:This is it.|I was here yesterday too.
00:17:02:Thanks. You can drive back.
00:17:07:Do you like it here?|Beautiful view, isn't it?
00:17:15:You'll never guess|what I want to do, Hawling.
00:17:18:I want to sit down on the earth,|literally.
00:17:29:The smell of grass!
00:17:32:What do you think:|Is there grass on Venus?
00:17:36:-My son asks questions like that.|-Yours too?
00:17:39:I am supposed to give his drawing to you.
00:17:42:A house, garden, and a rocket in front.|You and I are inside it.
00:17:45:The star we're flying to shines above.|The world is perfect in his eyes.
00:17:51:He likes drawing rockets|and stars.
00:17:56:You have to visit us, Arsenyev,|as soon as we return.
00:18:02:Yes, Hawling, if we return.
00:18:05:Venus is still silent.
00:18:08:And this strange cylinder offers us|nothing more than we already know.
00:18:12:Just words without meaning.
00:18:14:Do you really think it contains something|that would delay the launch?
00:18:24:I'm not clairvoyant.
00:18:27:Let's go.
00:18:32:The Cosmokrator's crew is now complete.
00:18:35:Eight volunteers, each an undisputed|expert.
00:18:40:Seven men and...
00:18:42:one brave woman, who practiced medicine|for two years at the Lunar Station.
00:18:47:Sumiko!
00:18:49:Brinkmann?
00:18:53:Have I changed much?
00:18:57:I don't know...|Maybe you wore your hair down then.
00:19:00:-Dr. Brinkmann?|-Yes?
00:19:02:-Your suitcase!|-Oh, thanks!
00:19:06:Raimund Brinkmann, who's known|not only for his forgetfulness.
00:19:10:I misplace things|but I have forgotten nothing
00:19:14:even after all these years.
00:19:18:No, Brinkmann.
00:19:19:There's no room for extra baggage|on a journey like this one.
00:19:27:The evening is approaching.
00:19:29:Two nights and one day|until launch.
00:19:33:We must sign off.
00:19:35:We won't be able to see or interview|Cosmokrator's passengers for a while.
00:19:41:For 50 hours they will be in a deep,|artificially-induced sleep
00:19:45:which will help them adjust|to this difficult journey into space.
00:19:50:Signing off. Goodbye.
00:20:01:Brinkmann, in two minutes you will sleep,|whether you like it or not.
00:20:13:You can see and hear your heartbeat.
00:20:24:I'm glad you're coming with us, Sumiko.
00:20:27:Now I'll always be near you.
00:20:31:Your heartbeat is normal.
00:20:33:Sumiko...
00:20:35:-my heart beats...|-Brinkmann, no!
00:20:38:Please Raimund,|never mention it again.
00:20:52:Good night, Raimund.
00:20:54:-You must sleep now too, Dr. Ogimura.|-Yes, you're right.
00:21:20:This is lntervision calling the world.
00:21:25:In a few moments|Cosmokrator's crew will arrive.
00:21:29:These are the final minutes|before takeoff to Venus.
00:21:32:Tension is mounting among the scientists|and technicians here on the base.
00:21:35:And now, here comes the crew.
00:21:41:These are the astronauts.
00:21:47:Professor Sikarna, please,|a few words for our viewers.
00:21:52:Get down!
00:21:53:We've done what was necessary.|We're ready, and that's it.
00:21:58:Next is Professor Hawling|from America.
00:22:04:Today is an important day|in the history of science.
00:22:09:Greetings to all my friends|wherever they may be,
00:22:15:especially my old teacher, Weimann.
00:22:17:I'm happy to be part of this expedition,|for humankind and for my country.
00:22:23:The interviews have begun.|I'm standing in front of the radar vehicle.
00:22:32:-Radio control, no word from the charter?|-We'll find out.
00:22:37:-Dr. Sumiko Ogimura.|-Please, a few words from you too.
00:22:41:My husband was a radiologist|and astrophysicist.
00:22:45:He died installing the solar reflector|when we were stationed at Luna 3.
00:22:50:I am continuing his work.
00:22:52:I have chosen this profession because|I was born after WWll ended in Japan.
00:22:58:And because my mother was killed|by the Hiroshima bomb.
00:23:03:This era didn't begin well.
00:23:07:But I believe we'll improve things.
00:23:13:Please, a few words for our viewers,|Dr. Chen Yu.
00:23:18:We will encounter life forms|we have never seen.
00:23:21:A great moment in our endeavors|to understand nature.
00:23:24:This is the beginning of a new science.
00:23:28:Human knowledge|will surpass the heavens.
00:23:32:Thank you.|Greetings to all! Goodbye.
00:23:39:-Please, Professor.|-Star reporter Jeanne Moreau interviews...
00:23:43:We have our calculations.
00:23:46:We trust them,|although no one knows the dangers.
00:23:49:We thank all those who have helped|prepare for this flight.
00:23:54:We're certain we will return|within four months. Soltyk, please.
00:24:00:Our technical equipment is perfect,|the robots are functioning without error.
00:24:05:Mitya will begin college in 6 years.
00:24:08:I always imagined he'd study physics.
00:24:10:But let him decide for himself.
00:24:14:Technical skills often emerge as late|as mid-career.
00:24:19:Be patient with him.|Promise me that.
00:24:27:Mother, why did you travel|all this way? I'll return soon.
00:24:31:My boy, be careful.
00:24:36:-Sumiko, just a moment please.|-Goodbye and good luck!
00:24:42:This is my mother.
00:24:52:Take care, son.
00:25:06:Mona dear, can you hear me?
00:25:08:We're taking off and you're not here.
00:25:12:Forgive me, radio listeners|but I must speak to you, Mona.
00:25:15:Don't worry, we have the best technology.
00:25:18:My Mona, do you hear me?
00:25:21:Don't cry.|Say hello to my father.
00:25:25:Our spaceship is launching.|I'm so happy that I'm flying to the stars.
00:25:30:Now the African crew member|is boarding.
00:25:59:Time synchronization:
00:26:01:51, 52...
00:26:15:...60. Thank you.
00:26:17:Clear for takeoff.
00:26:21:Breathe calmly.
00:26:24:Relax. Don't tense up.
00:26:27:-lgnition system engaged.|-Ten seconds to lift-off.
00:26:32:Nine seconds...
00:26:39:-Stand by.|-Three seconds...
00:26:43:Zero!
00:27:24:Luna 3 to Urania.|Cosmokrator is showing on our radar.
00:27:33:How do you feel?
00:27:36:Like I'm in heaven.
00:27:39:We left heaven behind at cosmic speed.
00:27:43:I have to ease this pressure on my chest.
00:27:49:Careful, we're still weightless.|Keep your seatbelt fastened.
00:28:18:Soltyk, you can switch to ionic drive.
00:28:25:Hawling, careful.|I'm switching to artificial gravity.
00:28:48:I can't help it.
00:28:57:This is Luna 3.|Come in Cosmokrator.
00:29:01:Hello Luna 3.|We read you loud and clear.
00:29:04:Minus two. Plus five.|Course normal.
00:29:09:-The hyperbolic trajectory is precise.|-Passing the moon at 2,000 km.
00:29:18:That's the Sinus Roris crater.
00:29:22:And that's our station, Luna 3.
00:29:27:That's the solar reflector.|They're signaling us.
00:29:40:Her husband was killed there.|I brought him back to the camp.
00:29:44:But he was already dead.
00:29:46:We were friends.
00:29:51:Sumiko is a wonderful woman.
00:30:14:You should know|everyone respects your grief.
00:30:23:Many tears were shed|when Ogimura perished on that mountain.
00:30:32:Every woman interested in science,|-all in China are-
00:30:36:are pleased that you're continuing his work|and flying with us.
00:30:44:I know, Chen Yu.|You want to console me.
00:30:47:You mean well.|But who knows about me in China?
00:30:52:Believe me, your picture is everywhere|even in my daughter's room.
00:30:58:She's studying astromedicine and knows|about your work at the Lunar Station.
00:31:03:Everyone knows|you're the most distinguished.
00:31:11:This is Luna 3.
00:31:13:We've discovered a cloud of meteorites.
00:31:17:Its position has shifted|with intense speed.
00:31:21:We're receiving you. Over.
00:31:24:Coordinates of trajectory are:
00:31:27:Alpha X, 17 degrees, 2 minutes,
00:31:31:Beta Y, 84, 32 minutes.
00:31:36:Hello, Captain. Luna 3 has warned us|that meteorites are approaching.
00:31:50:Prof. Sikarna, we have the latest|meteorite report for you.
00:31:57:We'll reach the meteorite cloud in 48 hours|unless its trajectory changes.
00:32:03:Remain in constant contact with Luna 3.
00:32:06:Cosmokrator to Luna 3.|Requesting update on our course.
00:32:18:Today I am beginning a personal log book.
00:32:21:Cosmokrator's center is often vacant.
00:32:26:The predictor not only|keeps the ship on course,
00:32:29:but can adjust direction and speed|if irregularities occur.
00:32:35:For the next 30 days|auto-pilot will take over navigation
00:32:40:because no human could control|the ship's complicated mechanisms.
00:32:46:Thus far, we have traveled|over 4 million kilometers.
00:32:52:Liquid food, which is easily ingested|during weightlessness
00:32:56:is thoroughly enjoyed by all.
00:32:58:Dr. Ogimura strictly monitors the diet|and health of all crew members.
00:33:09:Engineer Soltyk is usually in his workshop.
00:33:13:His robots require precise maintenance.
00:33:17:His robots help eliminate|the hard, physical work on Earth.
00:33:25:The Polish cybernetician|has to be everywhere.
00:33:28:He is Arsenyev's right hand.
00:33:34:Prof. Sikarna is still working on|the message from Venus.
00:33:37:He and Chen Yu want to decipher|the magnetic cylinder.
00:33:40:They lock themselves up with Marax|and work for hours on end.
00:33:44:The computer runs continually|but no one knows what the outcome will be.
00:33:55:Captain Arsenyev makes sure|we're still on course.
00:33:59:The predictor accelerated the jets|for 17 seconds last night.
00:34:06:Probably to avoid meteorites.
00:34:09:But we don't expect them until tomorrow.
00:34:11:Your robots are more cautious|than we are.
00:34:19:Prof. Hawling practices his hobby|in his free time.
00:34:22:He has beaten all of us|but found a master in Omega.
00:34:28:King G 8.
00:34:35:King E 6.
00:34:43:Unbelievable.
00:34:45:He plays an impenetrable endgame.
00:34:47:I thought I had the guy beat|but his king to E6
00:34:51:has forced me into the corner to H 8.
00:35:02:King to F 7.
00:35:05:Checkmate. Next move.
00:35:16:Congratulations. This is the tenth match|I have lost. And lost badly.
00:35:22:Your brilliantly constructed Omega|is missing something.
00:35:25:What do you mean?
00:35:26:If he had a soul,|he would have let Hawling win once too.
00:35:33:Think about it, okay?
00:35:36:Just a tiny bit of soul.
00:35:55:Meteorites!
00:36:00:Pull out the acceleration fuse!
00:36:35:Brinkmann! Check on Chen Yu and Sikarna!
00:36:46:How could this happen?
00:36:48:I thought the Cosmokrator|automatically avoids meteor clouds.
00:36:53:Yes, but the accelerator|couldn't go fast enough
00:36:56:because we had the fuse set at 8 g.|We had to pull it out first.
00:37:04:Hawling, how far off course?
00:37:14:Twelve degrees, 17 minutes.
00:37:17:-Speed?|-Constant. 44 per second.
00:37:23:The main cloud can't be far.
00:37:26:We're heading straight for it|at maximum speed.
00:37:30:Auto-pilot. Power down.|I'm decelerating.
00:37:38:The engines aren't engaging.
00:37:40:What's wrong, Soltyk?
00:37:48:Meteor fragments have damaged|thrust propeller 3.
00:37:52:It must be repaired externally.
00:37:55:Now it's my turn.
00:37:56:-When will the main cloud appear?|-At any moment.
00:38:00:Brinkmann, help me!
00:38:02:Prof. Sikarna, Chen Yu!|Are you alright?
00:38:05:We're fine.
00:38:06:Please, we need details on our course,|the coordinates and corrections.
00:39:05:Sit down and fasten your seatbelts.
00:39:18:The main cloud is in view.|The engines could engage any moment.
00:39:29:Repairs complete.
00:39:31:Soltyk is back!
00:39:42:Cosmokrator to Luna 3.|Meteorite cloud encountered.
00:39:48:All is well on board.
00:40:01:It's been 3 weeks since takeoff.
00:40:03:Despite our incredible speed|the stars seem to stand still.
00:40:07:In ten days we will reach Venus.
00:40:09:But it is emitting powerful disturbances.
00:40:12:Contact with Earth has nearly ceased.
00:40:14:Nothing. I can't get through.|Too much disturbance.
00:40:23:Alpha X, 32 degrees, 8 minutes...
00:40:26:Beta Y...
00:40:30:But life aboard the Cosmokrator|goes on as usual.
00:40:33:What are you making?
00:40:36:A little bit of soul for Omega.
00:40:39:Those ten lost games|really got to Hawling.
00:40:41:He should enjoy playing chess again.
00:40:44:You could also make me happy,|Engineer Soltyk.
00:40:47:I always have to chase you|with your meals.
00:40:49:It won't happen again.
00:40:52:That's what Sikarna always says too.
00:41:01:Professor.
00:41:04:What is it?|Not important right now.
00:41:09:I am responsible for your health.|You haven't eaten in days.
00:41:13:I don't have time.|Please!
00:41:27:Sumiko!
00:41:30:Leave him alone. He's nervous.
00:41:32:Soon you'll understand why.
00:41:43:Knight to E 6. Check!
00:41:52:I don't get it.
00:41:54:King E 8.
00:42:01:Checkmate.
00:42:03:Congratulations, Hawling.|A well-deserved victory.
00:42:06:A clear, consistent endgame.|Bravo, Hawling.
00:42:09:Your first win.
00:42:12:Playing against your child prodigy|wasn't so easy.
00:42:15:But the human spirit conquers the machine.
00:42:20:I'm happy for you, my friend.
00:42:22:Your turn.
00:42:24:Everyone report to Marax.
00:42:28:The cosmic message.
00:42:35:Please.
00:42:40:We have deciphered that small portion|of the cylinder that was unreadable.
00:43:08:I'll translate:
00:43:11:"After the second reversal of elements|the planet's radiation will commence."
00:43:17:"The planet's leading species|can be eliminated easily."
00:43:22:"When the ionization's intensity falls 50%|the great movement will begin."
00:43:28:That means...
00:43:29:an attack on our Earth.
00:43:33:An invasion by the Venusians.
00:43:35:The cosmic report|was not a message to humans.
00:43:39:It was a blueprint for aggression.
00:43:41:We must contact Earth immediately.
00:43:44:Wait!
00:43:45:Let him go.
00:43:46:Are we helping Earth|if they know what we know?
00:43:49:Earth is in danger.|We must warn them.
00:43:52:No! Earth has been in peril over 50 years|but nothing has happened.
00:43:57:We don't know how Venusians|calculate time or how long they live.
00:44:01:If people knew of the danger,|unrest and hysteria would break out.
00:44:06:Their fear could wipe everything out.
00:44:08:Massive panic would spread|across the globe.
00:44:14:No, Hawling.|You're mistaken.
00:44:19:How many years|has humanity faced atomic death?
00:44:23:And humanity has conquered it.
00:44:25:Everyone has known all along|what the threat has been.
00:44:32:No. There will be no panic.
00:44:36:What do you think?
00:44:38:I'm certain we'll make contact|with the Venusians.
00:44:42:And if they're planning war|we should be able to make peace with them.
00:44:46:Talua, contact Earth.
00:44:51:I can't get through Venus' disturbance.|Our transmissions are absorbed.
00:44:57:Earth can't hear us.
00:45:04:Does anyone think we should turn back?
00:45:10:No.
00:45:14:Oh, nonsense.
00:45:19:Turn back now? No.
00:45:23:Never.
00:45:30:No.
00:45:36:Soltyk, speed!
00:45:38:We're flying 50 thousand an hour.
00:45:40:We'll reach Venus in 3 days.
00:45:43:Talua, check our course.
00:45:45:Hawling, the latest readings.
00:45:48:Gamma rays are increasing logarithmically.|But I'll recheck the readings.
00:46:07:-Please.|-Alright.
00:46:21:-Nerves?|-Not nerves.
00:46:24:What then?
00:46:27:When I heard you were coming|I was very happy.
00:46:33:Now I wish you weren't here.
00:46:35:Why, Brinkmann?
00:46:37:I'm a scientist and researcher|just the same as you.
00:46:41:You're also a woman.
00:46:44:I brought Ogimura back|from the lunar mountains, dead.
00:46:49:I'm worried I'll have to bring you back|from somewhere, too.
00:46:54:Your role is to preserve life,
00:46:57:to bring a child into the world.|That is what's on my mind.
00:47:02:I never told you how I got to know Ogimura.
00:47:05:He was examining my radiation exposure|that also killed my mother.
00:47:11:I will never be able to have a baby,|he told me.
00:47:14:It would be deformed. A monster.
00:47:20:Everything was decided for me
00:47:22:by the Hiroshima bomb.
00:47:33:Three thousand kilometers.
00:47:35:On our 31st day|we've nearly reached our destination.
00:47:38:Every attempt to contact Luna 3|has been unsuccessful.
00:47:43:The atomic engines have slowed our speed.
00:47:46:Prof. Arsenyev pilots the ship|into an elliptical orbit around Venus.
00:47:50:We're a satellite of the silent star.
00:47:54:We've been trying in vain for hours|to make radio contact with the Venusians.
00:47:58:A thick blanket of clouds|surrounds the planet.
00:48:04:2,500 kilometers.
00:48:07:The first analysis of Venus' atmosphere:|26% carbon dioxide.
00:48:11:14%ormaldehyde.
00:48:14:No oxygen. Highly toxic.
00:48:17:We have an important decision to make.
00:48:20:We can land and take off only once.
00:48:22:If unprepared, we could die.
00:48:25:Therefore, one of us has to go out first.
00:48:28:In such poor visibility|I'll fly the jet-propelled elasticopter.
00:48:34:You'll need to locate our landing surface.|At 10km altitude we'll await your report.
00:48:39:-Ready for launch.|-1,500 kilometers.
00:48:48:-Well...|-No farewells.
00:48:54:Stations, everyone.
00:49:03:Exactly 1,000 kilometers.
00:49:05:Attention!
00:49:07:We're now entering Venus' atmosphere.
00:49:31:This is central command.
00:49:33:We're flying at an altitude of 20 km|at a speed of 1.5 km per second.
00:49:37:Ready for takeoff?
00:49:44:Ready for takeoff.
00:49:46:Stay clear.
00:49:48:and...
00:49:50:blast off!
00:50:06:Brinkmann! Hello, Brinkmann!
00:50:09:Hello!
00:50:11:What's wrong with your radio?
00:50:13:I'm not reading you.
00:50:14:Your radio is malfunctioning!
00:50:17:I can't understand you.|Your radio isn't working.
00:50:21:-Talua, what's wrong with the transmitter?|-Atmospheric disturbance. We're cut off.
00:50:32:Arsenyev, can you hear me?
00:50:36:I'm descending below 800 meters.|Still no visibility.
00:50:41:On radar the area looks mountainous.
00:50:49:I see land, Arsenyev.
00:50:51:I see something.
00:50:54:I don't know what it is.|Looks like a glass forest.
00:51:00:Cosmokrator! I cannot hear you anymore!
00:51:03:I'm preparing for landing.
00:51:10:We've lost all contact with Brinkmann.
00:51:15:Altitude?
00:51:17:1200 meters.
00:51:44:Omega, forward.
00:52:06:I don't get it.
00:52:08:At this short distance the radar waves|should penetrate even the thickest clouds.
00:52:14:But for over an hour now|there's this peculiar lightning.
00:52:18:There is only one explanation:|the atmosphere has been ionized.
00:52:22:-But from what?|-Atomic radiation.
00:52:25:That means they're attacking us.|And Brinkmann?
00:52:28:I have to descend lower.
00:52:31:We must break through the cloud cover|if we want to find Brinkmann.
00:52:36:We must!
00:52:37:Please come in,|Cosmokrator, come in.
00:52:45:-Omega.|-I hear you.
00:52:52:Here danger.
00:52:55:Go Omega. Keep going.
00:52:57:Radioactivity.
00:53:01:Eight Curie.
00:53:04:When dangerous?
00:53:05:After eight minutes.
00:53:09:Omega, come back!
00:53:17:Cosmokrator.
00:53:19:I can't hear you.
00:53:23:Hello!
00:53:25:Do you read me?
00:53:27:This damned radioactive forest|won't let radio waves through.
00:53:32:Go Omega. Faster!
00:53:48:Damn, they're attacking us.
00:53:50:Cosmokrator, do you read me?
00:53:53:Our copter is gone.
00:53:59:A glow of fire, like a flare!
00:54:02:The predictor indicates a shock wave,|probably from an explosion.
00:54:07:Distance: 200 kilometers.
00:54:10:Brinkmann!
00:54:12:Or a signal from the Venusians.
00:54:15:We are going to have to make|an impromptu landing.
00:54:18:Talua, use the sonar locator.|Try to make contact with Brinkmann.
00:54:27:Omega, come back!
00:55:13:-Retro-rockets.|-Thrust!
00:55:15:18, 21, 24...
00:56:09:The fuel exploded.
00:56:12:Poor Brinkmann.
00:56:13:This was the cause:|a power cable.
00:56:16:Soltyk, move the caterpillar|in case the voltage surges again.
00:56:35:Omega!
00:56:40:-What luck! And we thought...|-Yes, I was lucky.
00:56:43:You sure did choose a lousy place to land.
00:56:46:-Why?|-A power cable.
00:56:50:Brinkmann, your copter was downed|by an induction current.
00:56:54:This underground power cable|must lead to the Venusians.
00:56:59:You won't need to look far.|I found them already.
00:57:03:I've got some of them.
00:57:10:What do you think?
00:57:12:I wonder if it is a life form.
00:57:17:It must be examined, immediately!
00:57:20:Yes, Chen Yu.
00:57:21:Hawling, we'll follow the power cable|with the caterpillar.
00:57:37:Omega, come.
00:57:43:Turtle, come in.
00:57:48:We followed the cable.
00:57:50:There is something peculiar here.
00:57:52:A white sphere.|Wonder what it is?
00:58:03:Is it life or a machine, Hawling?
00:58:07:Can't say.
00:58:09:No idea.
00:58:10:Everything is so strange here.|It's as if...
00:58:14:...we tried to read a book|in a foreign language. It'll take days.
00:58:20:Maybe then we'll understand.
00:58:22:As soon as the instruments can be read|I'll need all the figures I can get.
00:58:27:Okay, Professor.
00:58:31:-Talua, call the Venusians.|-ln all frequencies.
00:58:36:With a TV camera through the tip|of the ship, I observe Venus.
00:58:41:Is this the calm before the storm?
00:58:44:Why aren't the Venusians answering?
00:58:47:Are these metallic insects|truly the rulers of this planet?
00:58:51:Chen Yu is working intensively|to solve the mystery of these creatures.
00:59:15:We have thoroughly investigated|your Venusians.
00:59:18:-They're not dangerous, not living beings.|-I thought I found something important.
00:59:23:You have no idea how important.
00:59:25:Listen to one|that we loaded into Marax.
00:59:57:Those were Venusian voices
00:59:59:that are trapped in crystals|inside these metal insects.
01:00:06:In other words, a tiny notation device|for language and sound...
01:00:11:...that can be decoded.
01:00:13:We'll give it a try.
01:00:15:This cave Brinkmann fell into|is an archive.
01:00:20:A gigantic Venusian library.
01:00:24:But where are they?|Why are they hiding?
01:00:27:Our landing must have attracted attention|but they do nothing!
01:00:31:My copter's explosion.|Is that nothing?
01:00:36:Bring me updated readings, numbers|and material from this archive.
01:00:46:Research continues according to plan.
01:00:48:Of particular interest|is the radioactive forest.
01:00:52:The heavy protective suits|make everything more difficult.
01:00:56:The supply cables to the sphere|are being investigated.
01:01:02:All work is complicated|by the storms on this planet.
01:01:09:A boring Easter egg...
01:01:13:Nothing's happening.
01:01:17:I don't know...
01:01:29:Chen Yu is examining the sand.
01:01:32:Sometimes it's radioactive,|sometimes clean.
01:01:35:He is looking for signs of life.
01:01:38:On Earth, pollen and seeds|survive hundreds of centuries.
01:01:45:Dusk and storms announce the night|which lasts 16 days.
01:01:51:The fieldwork must be interrupted.
01:01:53:We evaluate the results of our expeditions.
01:02:03:So you think the glass forest|is a biological formation.
01:02:08:Perhaps.
01:02:10:A dried-out seabed.
01:02:12:You're mistaken.|It isn't a natural occurrence.
01:02:17:Prof. Sikarna, with the computer's help,|has calculated a probable scenario.
01:02:23:I think the glass forest|was an energy emitter for outer space.
01:02:28:It could destroy all life|within a radius of millions of kilometers.
01:02:32:So are we dealing with|a deed of the Venusians?
01:02:36:Yes. This dangerous forest|was the work of Venusian aggressors.
01:02:43:This facility was somehow destroyed.
01:02:46:Maybe Venus disarmed.
01:02:51:Unfortunately, you're wrong.
01:02:53:Those metal insects you brought me|reveal something else entirely.
01:03:00:You don't want to tell us?
01:03:02:You're alluding to something, Sikarna.
01:03:05:There still isn't a complete picture.
01:03:07:But some kind of catastrophe|must have happened on Venus.
01:03:11:All tests amount to nothing|and make no sense.
01:03:16:Everything is fragmented, broken.
01:03:20:If it was a catastrophe|that changed everything so senselessly,
01:03:26:then it must have been a disaster|of unimaginable dimensions.
01:03:32:We can only figure it out
01:03:37:if we systematically continue our research.
01:03:40:Here, the white sphere, where|the various power cables originate
01:03:44:seems to be a giant transformer.
01:03:48:Something like|a magnetic power plant.
01:03:52:It's odd though, that there is|sporadic voltage in the main power line.
01:03:59:It's as if|someone is sitting at the other end,
01:04:02:and doesn't realize|that the generator isn't working.
01:04:06:But he still keeps trying to activate it.
01:04:11:What should we do?
01:04:14:We'll explore the main line|and follow it to the other end.
01:04:34:Reporting to Cosmokrator.|We've been driving several hours.
01:04:38:We're following the power cable.|No sign of the Venusians.
01:04:49:The cable has to end somewhere.
01:05:01:Arsenyev, should we keep going?
01:05:28:We're trying to pave the way.|Follow us with caution.
01:05:32:Arsenyev, what is that?
01:05:40:My first impression is|that nothing here is organic.
01:05:45:These were buildings.
01:06:02:The temperature here|must have been as hot as the sun's.
01:06:07:An unimaginable catastrophe|must have wiped out every form of life.
01:06:21:What are you thinking about, Sumiko?
01:06:27:Hiroshima.
01:06:29:And I worked for that.|Twenty years.
01:06:47:Here it is.
01:06:50:The power cable continues here.|We'll have to go inside.
01:06:52:This is probably the entrance.
01:06:58:Omega, come. Let's go inside.
01:07:23:Venus and Earth in their orbits?
01:07:29:Maybe it's a model|for instructing space pilots.
01:07:33:This instruction had a graver purpose.
01:07:37:Come here, a shaft.
01:07:42:This was probably|the Venusian's headquarters.
01:07:47:-Who could have used these switches?|-And where is the energy source?
01:07:52:This entire facility still carries voltage.
01:08:07:Omega!
01:08:08:What is that?
01:08:10:I don't know.
01:08:14:-What could it be?|-Maybe a life form.
01:08:26:An animal?
01:08:28:It looks like the sludge|contains life.
01:08:56:Omega, stop!
01:09:08:The mass is growing!
01:09:10:Go faster. It's coming out of the crevices!|Come on!
01:09:48:Hold on!
01:10:08:Come on, Sumiko!
01:10:44:Don't be afraid, Sumiko.|We'll find a way out.
01:10:50:Don't shoot! Soltyk!
01:11:11:What's going on?
01:11:15:Where are the others?|I don't see them.
01:11:38:Do you know what that is?
01:11:40:That is a targeting device|intended to destroy our planet.
01:11:44:Remember the cosmic report?
01:11:46:After the second rotation|the planet's radiation will begin.
01:11:51:From this point the lethal atomic rays|were supposed to aim at our planet.
01:11:56:It seems to be the nerve center where|the energy source was controlled.
01:12:25:Hello Professor, please come!|The glass forest is radiating energy.
01:12:35:Show me the sphere!
01:12:38:Look!
01:12:41:Gravity is increasing.
01:12:45:That's what I expected.
01:12:47:That's not possible.
01:12:49:Yes it is.
01:12:50:Now everything is clear.
01:12:52:The sphere is creating a gravity field|that changes Venus' force of attraction.
01:12:58:Now the bow is being tightened,|so to speak.
01:13:02:If it's inverted, the force of attraction|disappears and we'll be hurled into space.
01:13:08:I wonder who put this huge facility|into operation.
01:13:11:Call Arsenyev, quickly!
01:13:15:Arsenyev! Hawling!|Come in!
01:14:02:Their shadows.
01:14:04:Projected onto the wall
01:14:06:when the explosion surprised them all.
01:14:08:The atomic explosion.
01:14:12:The only thing left of their existence:|their shadows.
01:14:22:Marax translates all commands|from the underground headquarters.
01:14:26:Look at the decoders it utilizes.
01:14:30:That's incredible!
01:14:33:E=mc squared.
01:14:35:That is Einstein's great formula.
01:14:38:Yes, but as a circular process.|It's closing to become a ring.
01:14:48:Interesting. Elongated formations.
01:14:57:How is that possible? Seeds?
01:15:02:Where did you find them?
01:15:04:In the top layer of the sediment.
01:15:06:The wind probably carried them in|just days ago.
01:15:10:If these seeds are still fertile|then life does exist on this planet.
01:15:16:Prof. Sikarna requests crew|to report to Marax.
01:15:25:Examinations of the metal insects|reveal a part of this planet's history.
01:15:32:And the sounds from their headquarters|leave no doubt:
01:15:36:There were aggressors|who planned an attack on Earth.
01:15:41:But the attack wasn't carried out.
01:15:44:The aggressors destroyed themselves.
01:15:47:The lethal atomic power|slipped from their hands,
01:15:50:and a chain reaction ensued.|They became the victims.
01:15:54:Only their shadows remain.
01:15:57:And their evil apparatus, which|was partly destroyed but still functions.
01:16:02:Especially if the energy source|is triggered by a foreign hand.
01:16:07:What?|Are you saying that we activated it?
01:16:13:When the stone fell into the mass|what happened then?
01:16:17:The mass flung it back out|like an irritable animal.
01:16:20:And then something terrible happened:|it suddenly grew.
01:16:25:Tell what happened next,|exactly and in detail.
01:16:29:-The mass got bigger?|-Yes.
01:16:32:We saw no way out.|It chased us.
01:16:34:And then?
01:16:35:I deployed the neutron ray gun|and shot into it.
01:16:41:You shouldn't have done that.
01:16:43:-lt is what started the atomic reaction.|-But it saved us.
01:16:47:The mass collapsed into itself|and disappeared.
01:16:52:In the underground headquarters|the planetarium...
01:16:56:...or rather the targeting device,|set the whole thing in motion.
01:17:00:When?
01:17:01:17 hundred hours, 36 minutes.
01:17:05:And from this moment on|the sphere took on a red glow.
01:17:09:Which means that the mass|converted to energy.
01:17:12:A process like the atomic bomb.
01:17:15:But the Venusians could reverse it at will.
01:17:18:They could convert mass into energy|and energy into mass.
01:17:21:-A circular process.|-Fantastic.
01:17:24:But how do you explain|this sludgy mush?
01:17:27:This mass can be transformed into energy.|Electric, gravitational and the like.
01:17:32:If we could convert all the energy|of Earth's power plants into mass
01:17:36:then there would be about 60 kilos of it.
01:17:40:But Venus has an energy source|with a mass beyond comprehension.
01:17:43:These are only my assumptions.
01:17:45:The Venusians are, or rather were,|so much more advanced
01:17:50:that we're facing an enigma.
01:18:07:Stop, Omega!
01:18:13:The radioactive energy is increasing!
01:18:18:Brinkmann! Secure the other robot.
01:18:22:Talua, come and help me.
01:18:25:The glass forest...
01:18:38:The radiation emitted from the glass forest|have damaged Omega's electronic brain.
01:18:43:The predictor won't work either.
01:18:45:Look! The glass forest.
01:18:56:If the radiation continues to rise
01:18:58:the Cosmokrator's shield|won't be able to protect us anymore.
01:19:06:He has suffered internal injuries.|I have to operate!
01:19:11:Soltyk, start the engines.|We must take off immediately!
01:19:16:Impossible.
01:19:17:The gravity field has us pinned.
01:19:20:And the instrument panel...|see for yourself!
01:19:22:The Cosmokrator is a heap of useless tin.
01:19:33:The only chance...
01:19:37:We should be able to reverse|the sphere and forest's lethal energy
01:19:41:and to convert it back into mass.
01:19:44:-But how?|-I'm going back to the Venusian city.
01:19:50:When you shot at the plasma stream,|thereby changing mass to energy,
01:19:54:I noticed a change in the nerve center|at the bottom of the shaft.
01:19:58:I know where and how|the process advanced.
01:20:01:Can the small rocket be used?
01:20:03:Impossible. The gravity field.
01:20:08:But our turtle can make it.
01:20:11:You can't go alone.|I'll go with you.
01:20:39:We're entering the Venusian city.
01:20:41:The storm is getting worse.
01:20:43:How is Arsenyev doing?
01:20:46:Sumiko is already operating.
01:20:50:Sumiko will manage.
01:20:56:Swab.
01:21:14:Soltyk, can you do it?
01:21:16:Yes, I've repaired everything.
01:21:18:Chen Yu, answer! Where are you?
01:21:22:We're beginning the descent|to the nerve center.
01:22:12:My spacesuit! I'll suffocate!
01:22:16:I'm coming!
01:22:18:Go down, Talua.
01:22:20:The others' lives depend on us.
01:22:22:Send help! Cosmokrator!
01:22:25:I'm suffocating.
01:22:33:-The sphere is white again.|-But Chen Yu!
01:22:36:Talua switched it over.
01:22:38:But my suit is punctured.
01:22:40:Do you read me?|I can't seal it!
01:22:43:Try!
01:22:47:Gravity has normalized.|I'll fly immediately with the small rocket.
01:22:52:I'm coming to get you, Chen Yu.
01:22:54:I'm bringing oxygen.
01:23:01:Hold on! Brinkmann's coming!
01:23:13:I must talk to him!|Chen Yu, do you hear me?
01:23:15:Your reagents, listen!
01:23:17:They're germinating! Living cells!
01:23:20:You were right.
01:23:22:There is life on Venus.
01:23:28:Yes, Sumiko.
01:23:31:Life.
01:23:43:The retro-rockets, Soltyk!
01:23:47:Talua! Chen Yu! Brinkmann!
01:23:49:You're in grave danger.|Return at once!
01:23:51:We can't keep the Cosmokrator down.|The reversal has begun.
01:23:55:The energy field is acting as a catapult.
01:23:58:Retro-rockets on full power.
01:24:14:Brinkmann, can you hear us?
01:24:16:We're being hurled into space!
01:24:23:Sumiko!
01:24:25:Go back!
01:24:26:Hawling, go back!
01:24:34:Cosmokrator, where are you?
01:24:36:Do you hear me? I can't fly back!
01:24:39:I'm being pulled away!|I can't hear you anymore!
01:25:01:Cosmokrator, you're flying!
01:25:04:You're flying...
01:25:05:Greet the Earth|and Mona.
01:25:09:Arsenyev, can you hear me?
01:25:33:Luna 3 to Urania.
01:25:36:The Cosmokrator is approaching.
01:25:40:We're not getting a response.
01:27:34:I greet the Earth.
01:27:36:I greet everyone.
01:27:46:We have accomplished much.
01:27:48:But we gave,|and lost much too.
01:27:50:So much.
01:28:09:To Earth we announce the bequest|of three great people.
01:28:14:Talua saved our expedition.
01:28:18:Chen Yu discovered life on Venus.
01:28:23:And Brinkmann was the first|to set foot on a foreign planet.
01:28:28:Don't ever forget them, friends.
01:28:34:Humanity should hear about|the atomic destruction
01:28:37:that occurred on another planet.
01:28:39:A lethal threat from above|imperiled our Earth.
01:28:42:We witnessed what was intended for us,
01:28:46:and how this attack ended.
01:28:51:Two things must be done,|for everyone:
01:28:55:We must make sure our Earth|continues to blossom.
01:29:00:And then we should try|to discover life on other planets.
01:29:05:And we should do it soon.
01:29:08:As soon as possible, friends.
01:29:37:The End
01:29:40:Translation and Subtitles by|Betheny Moore Roberts
01:29:44:(c) 2004. The DEFA Film Library at the|University of Massachusetts Amherst
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