On the Silver Globe
On the Silver Globe is a 1988 Polish epic science fiction film directed and written by Andrzej Żuławski, adapted from The Lunar Trilogy by his grand-uncle, Jerzy Żuławski. Starring Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Iwona Bielska, Jan Frycz, Henryk Bista, Grażyna Deląg and Krystyna Janda, the plot follows a team of astronauts who land on an uninhabited planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah.
Plot
In a prologue: in the far future, two researchers are resting in a derelict palace, which is also occupied by a tribe of indigenous people. A horse rider brings the scientists a technological item which he says has fallen from the sky in flames. The scientists realise it is an old, obsolete, "Small Transmission Module", and in their underground laboratory they find it contains the video diary of an astronaut whose spacecraft crashed at least 50 or 60 years ago.
More details
author | Andrzej Żuławski Jerzy Żuławski |
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director | Andrzej Żuławski |
editor | Krzysztof Osiecki |
genre | drama science fiction |
keywords | astronaut bird crucifixion crucify dissident dystopia earth earth analog earth-like planet far future far future in fiction land military camp new humanity old age old man planetary science planetary scientist prophecy record sleep stone telepathic telepathy video camera video diary want |
musicBy | Andrzej Korzynski |
producer | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
productionCompany | KADR |
theme | science fiction drama the future |