---
title: 'First Spaceship on Venus (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kurt Maetzig'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-spaceship-on-venus-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# First Spaceship on Venus (1960)

1960 · 90 min · Adventure, Science Fiction · German Democratic Republic, Poland

Original title: Der schweigende Stern

## Synopsis

Der schweigende Stern is a 1960 East German/Polish color science fiction film based on the 1951 science fiction novel The Astronauts by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem. In Poland, the film was known as Milcząca Gwiazda. The film was directed by Kurt Maetzig, and stars Günther Simon, Julius Ongewe, and Yoko Tani. It was first released in February 1960 by Progress Film in East Germany, running 95 min. It was released in the US on 31 October 1962 retitled First Spaceship on Venus.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kurt Maetzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-maetzig)
- **Screenplay:** [Kurt Maetzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-maetzig), [Jan Fethke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-fethke), [Günter Reisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-reisch), [Wolfgang Kohlhaase](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-kohlhaase), [Günther Rücker](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-rucker), [Alexander Stenbock-Fermor](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-stenbock-fermor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrzej Markowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-markowski)
- **Producer:** [Hans Mahlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-mahlich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joachim Hasler](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-hasler)
- **Editor:** [Lena Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-neumann)

## Cast

- [Kurt Rackelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-rackelmann)
- [Eduard von Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-winterstein)
- [Ignacy Machowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignacy-machowski)
- [Fritz Decho](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-decho)
- [Lucyna Winnicka](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucyna-winnicka)
- [Karl Brenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-brenk)
- [Yoko Tani](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-tani)
- [Günther Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-simon)
- [Oldřich Lukeš](https://cinepixo.com/people/oldrich-lukes)
- [Werner Senftleben](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-senftleben)
- [Vera Oelschlegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-oelschlegel)
- [Ruth-Maria Kubitschek](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-maria-kubitschek)
- [Heinz Kögel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-kogel)
- [Eva-Maria Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-maria-hagen)

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