Ikarie XB 1

Ikarie XB 1 (1963)

Dare you take the first?

The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB-1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.

Date of release
1963-07-26
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (116)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Jindřich Polák

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Magellanic Cloud

Ikarie XB-1 is a 1963 Czechoslovak science fiction film directed by Jindřich Polák. It is loosely based on the novel The Magellanic Cloud, by Stanisław Lem. The film was released in the United States, edited and dubbed into English, under the title Voyage to the End of the Universe.

Production

While it shows some influence from earlier American ventures such as Forbidden Planet (1956), the film was also influential in its own right — critics have noted a number of similarities between Ikarie XB-1 and Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and it is believed to have been one of the many 'space' genre films that Kubrick screened while researching 2001.

The 1963 children's film Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket, from the TV series about the clown directed by Jindřich Polák, was produced using the props of Ikarie XB-1.

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