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Ikarie XB-1 (1963)

Ikarie XB-1 poster
Original title
Ikarie XB 1
Directed by
Jindřich Polák
Genre
drama film, adventure film, science fiction film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
12
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 107 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crew on a spaceship heads to a distant star. They deal with the challenges of a long journey and encounter an unknown object.

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What happens

Ikarie XB-1 is a 1963 Czechoslovak science fiction film directed by Jindřich Polák. It is loosely based on the novel The Magellanic Cloud, by Stanisław Lem. The film was released in the United States, edited and dubbed into English, under the title Voyage to the End of the Universe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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