Space ship I starts
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Original title | Space ship I starts - a technical fantasy- |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1940 |
length | 24 minutes |
Age rating | FSK none |
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Director | Anton Kutter |
script | Anton Kutter |
production | Anton Kutter Bavaria Filmkunst GmbH |
music | Ludwig Kusche |
camera | Gustav Weiss |
occupation | |
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Weltraumschiff I start is a 1937 by Anton Kutter turned documentary film about the fictional launch of a space rocket, after circling the moon lands back on Earth.
action
Friedrichshafen / Bodensee on June 13, 1963: The director of the Friedrichshafen airship yard announced the first manned rocket flight to the moon in front of representatives of the press . In an introduction he describes the history of rocket technology and the technical details of space travel. Immediately before take-off, reporters interviewed the commander of the spaceship via video radio , which then flies into space over a kilometer-long ski jump and returns safely to earth after circling the moon.
background
In the summer of 1939, work on the film "Incident in Space" began in the Bavaria Studios under the direction of Robert Adolf Stemmle . At the same time, the UFA studios (Babelsberg) began shooting “ Space Ship 18 ”, directed by Eduard von Borsody . Both projects were canceled due to the outbreak of World War II, but material that had already been shot was used in the production of "Space Ship 1 Launches".
Anton Kutter drops the fictitious start of the spaceship on his 60th birthday.
The film was shot by Bavaria-Filmkunst GmbH in Munich on the Geiselgasteiger film site. The buildings come from Willy Horn. The film premiered at the end of July 1940 as part of the Kulturfilmwoche in Munich and had its theatrical release on November 7, 1940 in the Capitol in Berlin . The film was released on January 20, 1941 in the Ostmark .
reception
The Encyclopedia Astronautica describes the special effects shown in the film as "milestones" in film history.
See also
Web links
- Weltraumschiff I will start in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Space ship 1 starts at murnau-stiftung.de
- Full film version on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Space Explorers in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed June 13, 2018.