Underplayed Gems

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
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

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.

retro-futurepensivemeasuredhopefulcontemplativesci-fiatmosphericsubdued

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)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.