Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
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.
Director: Marek Piestrak
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Sergei Desnitsky as Pirx |
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Vladimir Ivashov as Brown |
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy as Nowak |
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Tõnu Saar as Weber |
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Zbigniew Lesień as Calder |
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Bolesław Abart as Otis |
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Ferdynand Matysik as Unesco Director |
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Igor Przegrodzki as McCuirre |
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Faime Jurno as |
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Zygmunt Bielawski as Tech Companies Representative |
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Janusz Bylczyński as Judge |
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Adam Cieślak as |
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Edmund Fetting as Prosecutor |
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Józef Fryźlewicz as Defense Attorney |
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Marek Idziński as Court Member |
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Mieczysław Janowski as Mitchell |
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Z. Jurkowski as |
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Jerzy Kaliszewski as Android Creator |
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Eugeniusz Kujawski as Court Member |
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Ewa Lejczak as |
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Erwin Nowiaszak as United Atomic Laboratory CEO |
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Henryk Talar as Tom Novak (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Marek Piestrak | Director |
| Sound | Kadi Müür | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Deminskiy | VFX Artist |
| Writing | Marek Piestrak | Writer |
| Writing | Stanisław Lem | Novel |
| Writing | Vladimir Valutskiy | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Maziarz | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Mieczyslaw Kobek | Assistant Director |
| Art | Priit Vaher | Set Decoration |
| Art | Victor Zhylko | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jerzy Śnieżawski | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Henryk Szurkowski | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Stefan Kurzyp | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Mieczysław Janowski | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Mieczysław Sitarz | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alicja Wasilewska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Aleksander Gołębiowski | Sound |
| Sound | Zygmunt Nowak | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Eugeniusz Rudnik | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Victor Zhylko | Production Design |
| Directing | Airi Kasera | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aita Levoll | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jerzy Śnieżawski | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helve Halla | Costume Design |
| Camera | Rene Levoll | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Wiesław Pyda | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Roman Kolski | Editor |
| Camera | Janusz Pawłowski | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Aleksandr Pastukhov | Assistant Camera |