Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
1h 35m
Running Time
May 25, 1979Release Date
Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
1h 35m
Running Time
May 25, 1979Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Sergei Desnitsky
Pirx
Bolesław Abart
Jan Otis
Vladimir Ivashov
Harry Brown
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Tom Novak
Zbigniew Lesień
John Calder
Ferdynand Matysik
Green
Igor Przegrodzki
McGuirr
Tõnu Saar
Kurt Weber
Zygmunt Bielawski
Tech Companies Representative
Janusz Bylczyński
Judge
Adam Cieślak
Edmund Fetting
Prosecutor
Józef Fryźlewicz
Defense Attorney
Marek Idziński
Court Member
Mieczysław Janowski
Mitchell / Assistant Director
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Android Creator
Eugeniusz Kujawski
Court Member
Erwin Nowiaszak
United Atomic Laboratory CEO
Henryk Talar
Tom Novak (voice) (uncredited)
Marek Piestrak
Director / Writer
Vladimir Valutskiy
Writer
Stanisław Lem
Novel
Janusz Pawlowski
Director of Photography
Arvo Pärt
Original Music Composer
Victor Zhilko
Production Design / Set Decoration
Jerzy Śnieżawski
Production Design / Set Decoration
Priit Vaher
Set Decoration
Alicja Wasilewska
Costume Design
Helve Halla
Costume Design
Aita Levoll
Makeup Artist
Maria Maziarz
Makeup Artist
Mieczyslaw Kobek
Assistant Director
Airi Kasera
Assistant Director
Aleksander Gołębiowski
Sound
Zygmunt Nowak
Foley Artist
Eugeniusz Rudnik
Sound Effects Editor
Henryk Szurkowski
Boom Operator
Stefan Kurzyp
Assistant Camera
Mieczyslaw Sitarz
Gaffer
Wiesław Pyda
Camera Operator
Rene Levoll
Assistant Camera
Aleksandr Pastukhov
Assistant Camera
Roman Kolski
Editor
Kadi Müür
Sound
Viktor Deminsky
VFX Artist
Ewa Lejczak
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 1979
Original NameTest pilota Pirxa
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
Wiki.
Inquest of Pilot Pirx (Polish: Test pilota Pirxa, Russian: Дознание пилота Пиркса, romanized: Doznaniye pilota Pirksa, Estonian: Navigaator Pirx) is a joint Polish-Soviet 1979 film directed by Marek Piestrak. It is based on the short story "The Inquest" by Stanisław Lem from his 1968 short story collection Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie (Tales of Pirx the Pilot; the story was translated into English in the second part, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Zespoly Filmowe, and Tallinnfilm. Some of the studio-based filming was done at the Dovzhenko Film Studios.
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