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Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979) [N/A]

Featuring:
Sergei Desnitsky, Boleslaw Abart, Vladimir Ivashov

Written by:
Stanislaw Lem
Marek Piestrak
Vladimir Valutskiy

Directed by:
Marek Piestrak


Release Date:
May 25, 1979

Original Title:
Test pilota Pirxa

Genres:
Drama | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Przedsiebiorstwo Realizacji Filmów "Zespoły Filmowe"
Tallinnfilm

Production Countries:
Poland | Soviet Union

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 

Runtime: 95

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

The movie is about "finite nonlinears," robots that closely resemble human beings but are even more perfect than humans. They are intended to eventually replace human beings in space flights. Somewhat apprehensive about their usefullness, the United Nations sets up a space flight to determine their reactions to the human beings who also make up the crew. Pirx is selected as a commander of the flight, although the identity of the robots is not revealed to him...

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Rankings and Honors

Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10

Performers

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Stefan Kurzyp
Rene Levoll
Aleksandr Pastukhov

Assistant Director:
Mieczyslaw Kobek
Airi Kasera
Mieczysław Janowski

Boom Operator:
Henryk Szurkowski

Camera Operator:
Wiesław Pyda

Costume Design:
Alicja Wasilewska
Helve Halla

Director:
Marek Piestrak

Director of Photography:
Janusz Pawlowski

Editor:
Roman Kolski

Foley Artist:
Zygmunt Nowak

Gaffer:
Mieczysław Sitarz

Makeup Artist:
Aita Levoll
Maria Maziarz

Novel:
Stanisław Lem

Original Music Composer:
Arvo Pärt

Production Design:
Victor Zhilko
Jerzy Śnieżawski

Set Decoration:
Jerzy Śnieżawski
Priit Vaher
Victor Zhilko

Sound:
Kadi Müür
Aleksander Gołębiowski

Sound Effects Editor:
Eugeniusz Rudnik

VFX Artist:
Viktor Deminsky

Writer:
Vladimir Valutskiy
Marek Piestrak

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