First Spaceship On Venus
(Der schweigende Stern)
Credits
Cast
- Die japanische Ärztin / Sumiko Ogimura MD
- Yoko Tani
- Amerikanischer Atomphysiker / Prof. Harringway Hawling
- Oldrich Lukes
- Polnischer Chefingenieur / Prof. Saltyk / Prof. Durand
- Ignacy Machowski
- Afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker / Talua
- Julius Ongewe
- Sowjetischer Astronaut / Prof. Arsenew / Prof. Orloff
- Michail N. Postnikow
- Indischer Mathematiker / Prof. Sikarna
- Kurt Rackelmann
- Deutscher Pilot / Robert / Raimund Brinkmann
- Günther Simon
- Chinesischer Linguist / Dr. Tchen Yu / Lao Tsu
- Tang Hua-Ta
- Fernsehreporterin / Joan Moran
- Lucina Winnicka (Lucyna Winnicka)
- Bit Part
- Klaus Bamberg (*)
- Bit Part
- Fredy Barten (*)
- Bit Part
- Christoph Bayertt (*)
- Bit part
- Karl Brenk (*)
- Reporter
- Fritz Decho (*)
- Brinkmanns Mutter
- Karin Fredersdorf (*)
- Intervision-Reporter Jeanne Moreau
- Eva-Maria Hagen (*)
- Bit Part
- Karl-Helge Hofstadt (*)
- Bit Part
- Peter Kiwitt (*)
- Reporter
- Gertraud Kreissig (*)
- Frau Arsenew
- Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (*)
- Bit Part
- Heinz Kögel (*)
- Bit Part
- Hans Ulrich Laufer (*)
- Sekretärin
- Barbara Leonhard (*)
- Chinese
- Erich Lie (*)
- Afrikanischer Funker
- Omani Mensah (*)
- Bit Part
- Vera Oelschlegel (*)
- Bit part
- Paul Paulsen (*)
- Bit Part
- Lieselotte Schmoock (*)
- Wissenschaftler
- Horst Schäfer (*)
- Funker
- Werner Senftleben (*)
- (voice)
- Danuta Szaflarska (*)
- Chinese
- San Din Tscho (*)
- Wüstenarbeiter
- Nico Turoff (*)
- Wissenschaftler / Weiland
- Eduard von Winterstein (*)
Director
- Director
- Kurt Maetzig
Writing credits
- Novel
- Stanislaw Lem ("Astronauci")
- Adaptation
- J. Fethke (Jan Fethke)
- Adaptation
- W. Kohlhase (Wolfgang Kohlhaase)
- Adaptation
- G. Reisch (Günter Reisch)
- Adaptation
- G. Rücker (Günther Rücker)
- Adaptation
- A. Stenbock-Fermor (Alexander Stenbock-Fermor)
- Screenplay collaboration
- Kurt Maetzig
- Writer
- J. Barkhauer (*)
Music
- Music
- Andrzej Markowski
Cinematography
- Cinematographer
- Joachim Hasler
Editor
- Editor
- Lena Neumann
Production design
- Production designer
- Alfred Hirschmeier
- Production designer
- L. Kunka
- Production designer
- P. Lehmann (Paul Lehmann)
- Production designer
- T. Myszorek (T. Mystzorek)
- Production designer
- S. Ochs (Senta Ochs)
- Production designer
- J. Potocki (Ryszard Potocki)
- Production designer
- Anatol Radzinowicz
- Production designer
- A. Schulz
- Production designer
- W. Schäfer
Costume design
- Costume designer
- Elli-Charl. Löffler (Elli-Charlotte Löffler)
Makeup department
- Makeup artist
- Christa Grewald
- Makeup artist
- Alois Strasser
Production management
- Production manager
- Hans Mahlich
- Unit manager
- Martin Sonnabend
- Unit manager
- Henryk Szlachet
- Production manager
- Edward Zajicek
Assistant director
- Assistant director
- Doris Borkmann
- Assistant director
- Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
- Assistant director
- Hieronim Przybyl
Art department
- Property master
- Theo Görgens (Exterior)
Sound department
- Sound
- Kurt Eppers
- Sound
- Werner Klein
- Sound effects
- Andrzej Markowski
- Sound
- Günter Witt
Special effects
- Special effects
- Helmut Grewald
- Special effects supervisor
- Ernst Kunstmann
- Special effects
- Vera Kunstmann
- Special effects
- Jan Olejniczak
Camera
- Assistant camera
- Helmut Grewald
- Assistant camera
- Detlev Hertelt
- Gaffer
- Herbert Leistikow
- Still photographer
- Waltraud Pathenheimer
Music department
- Music editor
- Walter Greene
- Conductor
- Andrzej Markowski (DEFA-Sinfonie-Orchester)
- Music editor
- Joseph von Stroheim (Josef von Stroheim)
- Music provider
- Gordon Zahler (US soundtrack)
- Composer
- Walter Greene (*) (Stock music, US version)
- Composer
- Hans J. Salter (*) (Stock music, US version)
Other crew
- Producer
- Edmund Goldman (US dubbing)
- Executive dubbing supervisor
- Hugo Grimaldi (US Version)
- Producer, american dubbing
- Newton P. Jacobs
- Producer, american dubbing
- Paul Schreibman
- Script editor
- Hans-Joachim Wallstein
(*) uncredited