First Spaceship on Venus

Name: First Spaceship on Venus
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1960-02-26
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Werner Senftleben, Lucyna Winnicka, Eva-Maria Hagen, Gertraud Kreissig

You are there … on man’s most incredible journey!

Rating

2.5 (1)

Release Date

2/26/1960

Runtime

79 mins

Genres

Science Fiction

Overview

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

How It Feels

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A earnest Cold War-era space adventure that treats interplanetary discovery with wide-eyed wonder and technical rigor. The film unfolds like a meticulously planned expedition, balancing spectacle with philosophical curiosity about what we might find among the stars.

Mood

WistfulExhilaratingContemplative

Themes

Technology

Look

Practical effectsDocumentary-likeWidescreen epic

Oldřich Lukeš

Prof. Harringway Hawling

Ignacy Machowski

Prof. Saltyk

Julius Ongewe

Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker

Mikhail Postnikov

Prof. Arsenew

Kurt Rackelmann

Prof. Sikarna

Günther Simon

Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot

Hua-Ta Tang

Dr. Tchen Yu

Lucyna Winnicka

Joan Moran

Yoko Tani

Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

Frau Arsenjew

Eva-Maria Hagen

Reporterin

Karen Fredersdorf

Reviews

christopher

Dec 19, 2025

Just commenting on “First Spaceship on Venus.”
A local library has the original German film. I’ve requested it and I’m looking forward to seeing what got lost in the translation and re-editing for the American release.
Hints of some really interesting ideas and some pretty impressive production design too.
(Also find myself a bit mesmerized by the leads hair. That is an impressive coif of hair! Second only to Strange New World’s Captain Pike.)