Voyages To Distant Planets (4 Films) - 2-DVD Set ( First Spaceship on Venus / Journey to the Seventh Planet / Project Moon Base / The Phantom Planet )

Voyages To Distant Planets (4 Films) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: First Spaceship on Venus / Journey to the Seventh Planet / Project Moon Base / The Phantom Planet
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
297 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1953 - 1962 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Kurt Maetzig
Sidney W. Pink
Richard Talmadge
William Marshall

Written By:
Stanislaw Lem
Jan Fethke
Sidney W. Pink
Ib Melchior
Robert A. Heinlein
Jack Seaman
William Telaak
Fred De Gorter

Actors:
Yoko Tani ..... Die japanische Ärztin / Sumiko Ogimura MD
Oldrich Lukes ..... Amerikanischer Atomphysiker / Prof. Harringway Hawling
Ignacy Machowski ..... Polnischer Chefingenieur / Prof. Saltyk / Prof. Durand
Julius Ongewe ..... Afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker / Talua
Michail N. Postnikow ..... Sowjetischer Astronaut / Prof. Arsenew / Prof. Orloff
Kurt Rackelmann ..... Indischer Mathematiker / Prof. Sikarna
Günther Simon ..... Deutscher Pilot / Robert / Raimund Brinkmann
Tang Hua-Ta ..... Chinesische Linguistin / Dr. Tchen Yu / Lao Tsu
Lucyna Winnicka ..... Fernsehreporterin / Joan Moran (as Lucina Winnicka)
Horst Schäfer ..... Wissenschaftler
Danuta Szaflarska ..... (voice)
John Agar ..... Capt. Don Graham
Greta Thyssen ..... Greta
Carl Ottosen ..... Commander Eric
Peter Monch ..... Ka
Ove Sprogøe ..... Barry O'Sullivan
Louis Miehe-Renard ..... Sve
Ann Smyrner ..... Ingrid
Ulla Moritz ..... Lise
Mimi Heinrich ..... Ursula
Annie Birgit Garde ..... Ellen
Bente Juel ..... Colleen
Donna Martell ..... Colonel Briteis
Hayden Rorke ..... Gen. 'Pappy' Greene
Ross Ford ..... Maj. Bill Moore
Larry Johns ..... Doctor Wernher
Herb Jacobs ..... Mr. Roundtree
Barbara Morrison ..... Polly Prattles
Ernestine Barrier ..... Madame President
James Craven ..... Commodore Carlson
John Hedloe ..... Adjutant
Peter Adams ..... Captain Carmody
Robert Karnes ..... Sam
John Straub ..... Chaplain
Charles Keane ..... Spacom Operator
John Tomecko ..... Blockhouse Operator
Robert Paltz ..... Bellboy
Dean Fredericks ..... Capt. Frank Chapman
Coleen Gray ..... Liara
Anthony Dexter ..... Herron
Francis X. Bushman ..... Sessom
Richard Weber ..... Lt. Ray Makonnen
Al Jarvis ..... Judge Eden
Dick Haynes ..... Col. Lansfield
Earl McDaniels ..... Capt. Leona
Mike Marshall ..... Lt. White
John Herrin ..... Capt. Beecher
Mel Curtis ..... Lt. Cutler
Jimmy Weldon ..... Lt. Webb
Akemi Tani ..... Communications Officer
Lori Lyons ..... Radar Officer
Richard Kiel ..... The Solarite

Synopsis:

Man's continual quest to discover life on other planets was a big part of fifties and sixties Sci-fi movies. Never sure what was waiting for them astronauts and scientists bravely entered the unknown on the behalf of mankind. What they discovered was sometimes shocking but always amazing. Come with us on a journey beyond the stars where life is not as we know it and special effects were not as we know them today. DISC 1. 1. FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1960) 2. JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET (1962) DISC 2 1. PROJECT MOONBASE (1953) 2. THE PHANTOM PLANET (1961) 8 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDED

First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
In 1970, debris from the 1908 Tunguska 'meteor' are found which turn out to be recordings from a spaceship crashed there. The ship's origin is determined to be Venus, and an international team sets out with their spaceship 'Kosmokrator' to visit the 'Silent Planet', which is shrouded in clouds, and doesn't respond to contact attempts. While the 'Kosmokrator' is in flight, the record is decoded and it turns out that the Venusians seemingly planned to invade Earth in 1908. Should the 'Kosmokrator' still attempt to get in touch with the Aliens? And why are they silent now?

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
In the year 2001, the United Nations sends spaceship Explorer XII with a 5-man crew to the planet Uranus on an exploratory mission; however, instead of finding a cold gaseous world, they encounter a temperate green forest peopled by several sultry women whom they've known back on Earth. Upon further investigation they discover that everything around them has been derived from their memories, all within a territory surrounded by a barrier, which leads to the true Uranus. They determine that all has been created by a higher intelligence, using them as guinea pigs, not only to explore their desires but their fears as well, in order to plan for an invasion of Earth. Now they must find a way to destroy the being before it can carry out its unwelcome plan.

Project Moon Base (1953)
In the not-too-distant future of 1970, the United States is considering building bases on the Moon, and send a female colonel and two men to investigate. One of the men turns out to be a foreign spy, and the entire operation - and the future of the free world - is in danger.

The Phantom Planet (1961)
The mysterious appearance of an unknown planet brings miniature people, giant monsters, beautiful women and undaunted heroes to the screen. The self-contained planet 'Rheton' has the ability to move in and out of galaxies to escape their enemies. Earth sends an astronaut team to investigate, which discovers miniature people. One astronaut survives to help them fight off monsters and Solorite attacks.

First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
When an alien artifact discovered on Earth is found to have come from Venus, an international team of astronauts embarks to investigate its origins.

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
It is the year 2001 and most of the solar system has been explored by spacemen with the exception of the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. The United Nations sends a five-man international team to check Uranus out. There, they are confronted by the 'Being,' whose mysterious brain cuts to the inner thoughts of the explorers and causes their thoughts to appear as mirages. Uranus is soon filled with a bevy of beautiful girls thought up by the spacemen. to go along with some quicksand, a one-eyed rodent and a really mean giant centipede.

Project Moon Base (1953)
A saboteur posing as a scientist strives to destroy the world's first space station.

The Phantom Planet (1961)
After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.

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