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 | Vladimir Valutskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Marek Piestrak | Writer |
| Writing | Stanisław Lem | Novel |
| Directing | Airi Kasera | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mieczysław Janowski | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helve Halla | Costume Design |
| Directing | Mieczyslaw Kobek | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Stefan Kurzyp | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Victor Zhylko | Production Design |
| Sound | Eugeniusz Rudnik | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Jerzy Śnieżawski | Production Design |
| Art | Priit Vaher | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aita Levoll | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Mieczysław Sitarz | Gaffer |
| Art | Jerzy Śnieżawski | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alicja Wasilewska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Aleksander Gołębiowski | Sound |
| Sound | Henryk Szurkowski | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Rene Levoll | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Victor Zhylko | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Zygmunt Nowak | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Wiesław Pyda | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Maziarz | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Roman Kolski | Editor |
| Camera | Janusz Pawłowski | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Aleksandr Pastukhov | Assistant Camera |