Starring Zdenek Stepanek, Frantisek Smolik, Dana Medricka, Irena Kacirkova, Radovan Lukovsky
Directed by Jindrich Polak
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A spaceship with a 40 member crew sets off on a journey to Alpha Centauri, but their lives are all threatened when they encounter a dark star during their voyage.
We have here a very impressive Czech science fiction film, with fantastic well-designed sets, good special effects, and dramatic criss-crossing human stories, presented with the utmost seriousness. Released in this country as Voyage To The End Of The Universe, it's easy to see how it could have had quite the effect on the development of a number of science fiction films and franchises. At times I think it's almost a little too serious, with only some brief comic moments and a joyful dancing sequence to provide relief, but even though I knew none of the cast before watching the film, I soon became engaged with their characters and relationships. The photography is also quite accomplished, as is the electronic-tinged music score, and Polak should be lauded for his steady hand assembling and balancing all the elements.
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