Pilot Pirx's Inquest

Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)

Test pilota Pirxa

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.

Date of release
1979-05-25
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Science Fiction, Drama
Director
Marek Piestrak

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Inquest of Pilot Pirx is a joint Polish-Soviet Estonian 1979 film directed by Marek Piestrak. It is based on the short story "The Inquest" by Stanisław Lem from his 1968 short story collection Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie. It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Zespoly Filmowe, and Tallinnfilm. Some of the studio-based filming was done at the Dovzhenko Film Studios.

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