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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
An upholsterer who is preparing a rocket for takeoff accidentally jettisons himself into space and returns to Earth 500 years later with an alien companion who wishes to learn more about the human race.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than most comedies, −15 min on the typical 100
typical 10085Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 109 countries
+99Released
1962
March 23, 1962
64 years ago
Genres
ComedyScience FictionLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
and 9 more15 people
- Miloš KopeckýJosef, calouník
- Radovan LukavskýPeter
- Otomar KrejčaAkademik
- Vít Olmerinz. Petr
- Anita KajlichovaEve
- Lubomír LipskýZarizovac in the order shop
- Vladimír Hlavatýdirector of the Strakonice missiles
- Josef HlinomazForeman
- APAnna PitašováNurse
Bohumil ŠvarcAstronaut
Vladimír MenšíkMan at the bar- ZAZlata AdamováConference participants
Helena RůžičkováEditor
Jiří RůžičkaYawning man- JŠJiří ŠrámekCommentary (voice)
Directing · 4
- Oldřich Lipský Director, Screenplay, Story
- Rudolf Jaroš First Assistant Director
- Marie Hejzlarová Assistant Director
- Jiří Růžička Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Jan Fischer Screenplay, Story
- Zdeněk Bláha Screenplay
- Miloš Fiala Story
- Ladislav Fikar Creative Producer
Production · 5
- Bohumil Šmída Executive Producer
- Ferdinand Zelenka Assistant Production Manager
- Rudolf Wolf Production Manager
- Ludmila Tikovská Unit Production Manager
- František Jaderník Unit Production Manager
Camera · 3
- Vladimír Novotný Director of Photography, Special Effects
- Emil Hora Assistant Camera
- Miloš Petrolín Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Jan Kohout Editor
Sound · 4
- Ladislav Simon Original Music Composer
- Zdeněk Liška Original Music Composer
- Jaromír Svoboda Sound
- František Belfín Conductor
Art · 4
- Jan Zázvorka Production Design
- Karel Smrž Set Decoration
- Karel Lukáš Set Decoration
- Jaroslav Ciboch Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Ester Krumbachová Costume Design
- Karel Holek Makeup & Hair
- Anna Blažková Costumer
- Rudolf Hammer Makeup & Hair
- Ivana Mesteková Makeup & Hair
- Marie Jindrová Costumer
Other crew · 8
- Karel Císařovský Special Effects
- Vladimír Dvořák Special Effects
- Ludvík Malý Special Effects
- Václav Nývlt Dramaturgy
- Adolf Hejzlar Special Effects
- Milan Nejedlý Special Effects
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