Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Test pilota Pirxa
Release: 1979-05-25
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.7
Science Fiction
Drama
Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some 'nonlinears' (an experimental model of android) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and this intriguing crew are sent out to launch two satellites into the rings of Saturn, but he is determined to find out and identify a hostile unhuman coworker among them.
Production Countries
Poland
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Tallinnfilm
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Cast
Jerzy Kaliszewski
as Android Creator
Ferdynand Matysik
as Unesco Director
Igor Przegrodzki
as McCuirre
Ewa Lejczak
Józef Fryźlewicz
as Defense Attorney
Eugeniusz Kujawski
as Court Member
Henryk Talar
as Tom Novak (voice) (uncredited)
Vladimir Ivashov
as Brown
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
as Nowak
Mieczysław Janowski
as Mitchell
Sergei Desnitsky
as Pirx
Tõnu Saar
as Weber
Bolesław Abart
as Otis
Faime Jurno
Janusz Bylczyński
as Judge
Crew
Maria Maziarz
Makeup Artist
Priit Vaher
Set Decoration
Arvo Pärt
Original Music Composer
Aita Levoll
Makeup Artist
Marek Piestrak
Director, Writer
Vladimir Valutskiy
Writer
Mieczysław Janowski
Assistant Director
Victor Zhilko
Production Design, Set Decoration
Aleksander Gołębiowski
Sound
Stanisław Lem
Novel
Airi Kasera
Assistant Director
Helve Halla
Costume Design