All language subtitles for The Silent Star (1960) [720p upscale, AGFA close match recolour] (English)

A GERMAN-POLISH JOINT PRODUCTION

THE SILENT STAR (US version:
FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS)

Produced by the ROTER KREIS GROUP OF
DEFA and FILM POLSKI, ILUZJON GROUP

Based on the novel "THE
ASTRONAUTS" by STANISLAW LEM

Adapted to film by FETHKE, KOHLHAASE,
REISCH, RÜCKER, STENBOCK-FERMOR

in collaboration with the director.

Produced by HANS MAHLICH, EDWARD ZAJICEK

Directed by KURT MAETZIG

In 1970, earthworks in the Gobi Desert,
led to the discovery of a strange rock.

The singular appearance of this
block caught the engineers' attention.

Examinations revealed a coil
enclosed in this receptacle.

Analysis proved that its materials
had not been produced on Earth.

This object had not been made by man.

Where had this discovery come from?

They then remembered an event
occurring at a time already distant.

In June 1908, an explosion
was recorded in Siberia,

whose power equalled
that of a hydrogen bomb.

It had been visible within
a radius of 600 kilometres.

It was assumed to be a huge meteor.

Later, a Soviet expedition sought
to locate the point of impact.

However, no remains of the
Tunguska meteorite were found.

These astronomers and astronauts are
led by the Soviet professor Arsenjew,

the man who piloted the
first ship to the moon.

While as Director of the International
Federation for Space Research,

he released the first
coherent explanation.

According to our calculations,

confirmed in this by the results
of the Luna III lunar station,

the mysterious Tunguska
meteor was presumably,

the incandescent fall of a
spaceship from another planet.

This hypothesis excited
scholars around the world.

In New York, many are waiting for
American atomic physicist, Prof. Hawling.

Prof. Hawling, is this a
new flying saucer story?

How come the coil was found more
than 800km from the catastrophe?

How's that possible, Prof. Hawling?

We assume that at the critical moment,

the failure of the retrorockets
led the passengers of the ship

to save by ejecting what
they had most precious.

They did not have a choice.

I think this magnetic reel
contains recorded documents,

and written in a language unknown to us.

The biggest electronic
brain in the world,

was made available to an
international deciphering committee,

in order to discover the
key to this unknown language.

This is Chinese linguist Tschen Yu.

His great reputation in linguistics
does not eclipse his work in biology.

He managed to make
inorganic substances edible.

Since then, feeding a growing
population is no longer a problem.

He leads the decryption committee
alongside the famous scientist Sikarna,

a mathematical genius on the
scale of the immortal Einstein.

The decryption committee has
not yet obtained a result.

But our astronomical research
has continued in the meantime.

There is now no longer any doubt,

that this spaceship
originated in our solar system,

and even from a position
inside Earth's orbit.

Life cannot exist on Mercury,

so only one place can be chosen
as the launch base for the rocket.

It can only be our evening
star, the planet Venus.

That's it!

Principium, hydrogenium,
oxygenium, silicon,

oxygenium, aluminium, oxygenium,

principium, azoticum, oxygenium.

Earth elements.

Exactly.

It is a physico-chemical
description of the Earth's surface.

These are the first words of
the inhabitants of another world.

A beginning of a cosmic relationship!

Yes.

But...

Alas, the magnetic reel containing
this report was badly damaged

by the effect of the high temperatures
experienced during the disaster.

So we don't know the
content of the message,

which the inhabitants of
Venus addressed to Earth.

We will strive,

by chemical and radioactive
treatments of the coil,

to restore the missing text.

Tschen Yu?

Yes, we know little.

But they prove that Venus was
inhabited by very civilised beings.

One question concerns me.

Why this silence of Venus?

We now master their language.

But can we get along with them?

I suggest that you, dear colleagues,
refer this to our governments.

Let's ask them that all radio and
radar stations on Earth and the Moon,

are pointed towards Venus.

Call Venus!

Transmitting to Moon Station!
Attention, call for Luna III.

Transmitting to Moon Station!

This is the Luna III Moon Station.

This is the Luna III Moon
Station. Venus remains silent.

Our signals reach the planet,
but receive no response.

Venus is silent.

This observatory offers
excellent research conditions.

- Hello.
- Can we have an interview?

Today I have great
news to share with you.

You know we are building a mighty
spacecraft: the Kosmokrator I.

It was originally
intended to fly to Mars.

Our government has decided to
put this ship with ion engines,

at the disposal of the International
Federation for Space Research,

for a flight to Venus.

How are the preparations?
Can we ever risk such a trip?

One question, Professor Arsenjew:
what do the experts think?

- Has Venus finally answered?
- Do you have an explanation?

No, Venus is still silent.
Regardless, we're flying.

And who will be departing?

Here are some crew members
preparing for departure.

It's a large group that has formed,

from the best astronauts
and astrophysicists.

And it is this group that will
constitute the crew of the Kosmokrator.

Why don't you go with a crew
composed only of Soviet scholars?

That's your rocket!

Landing on Venus cannot
be a one-nation affair.

We are not internationalists
only in politics.

In a peaceful world, our
goals should not be selfish.

Take for example Luna III,
the socialist moon base.

We never militarised it.

Engineers and physicists
from all countries work there.

Has Hawling responded to your offer?

Our great American friend
and colleague Hawling,

has not, for the time
being, made a commitment.

But we are convinced
that he will participate.

Hawling, your stubbornness is painful!

Be reasonable and forget about
this flight once and for all!

Will the consortium finally understand
that nothing can dissuade me?

My place is within the team
which will undertake this flight.

They are less interested in
you than in our moon rocket.

At the current rate, our own
rocket will be ready very soon.

But very soon, I won't be able to fly.

You know that as well as I do, George.

We're getting old.

We're late. Arsenjew was faster.

All the more reason to double down!

If there were any
delays, it's not my fault.

I've worked for you for 20 years
since the bomb tests in the Pacific.

Take a whiskey, Hawling.

I gave you 20 years.

Give me the chance to
fulfil my life's dream.

Two things about you, Hawling,
impressed me from day one.

Your genius and your rational mind.

And all of a sudden,
you're talking about dreams?

You embark on this
adventure on a whim, Hawling.

To each their own adventure!

Your adventure was Hiroshima.

His adventure is the flight to Venus.

Yours is behind you,
his is in front of him.

My dear Weimann, we thank
you for your interventions.

We know your progressive
views well enough.

It would be better to let people who
have business sense do the talking.

Hawling is my student.

My best student.

He didn't just learn physics from us.

I could never do what I wanted.

I wanted to work in Göttingen,
like a German scholar.

The Brownshirts kicked
me out of college.

Here I wanted to make
atomic energy usable.

I built the atomic bomb.

I never wanted it to be launched.

But I was fooled.

Does it have to happen every generation?

Will a generation ever
realise their dreams?

I'm tired.

Excuse me.

Hawking!

Without you, we are weak. But
without us, you are nothing.

Your venture will not end well!

The propulsion works perfectly,
the Predictor passed the tests.

Let's not get carried away, we'll
take the hyperbolic trajectory.

According to calculations, departure
will be the day after tomorrow evening.

We still have a lot to do.

See you soon, Soltyk.

Talua!

Recheck the radar installation.

It will be done, Professor.

What's become of Mona?

Mona telegraphed that
she's flying in tomorrow.

It's the pilot who
finally brings Hawling!

Do you know Brinkmann?

A German, he will be our pilot.

He survived three rocket explosions.

And the guy keeps flying!

I believe you'll get along well.

This is Intervision.

We are broadcasting the thruster
tests from the Kosmokrator.

Ladies and gentlemen,
I've hit the jackpot.

From my television booth, I will report
the departure of the spacecraft to Venus.

We know you'd all like to be here
but unfortunately that's impossible.

Only scientists and
technicians directly concerned

by preparations for take-off
are authorized on site.

I will represent you as the
only observer allowed here.

Your participation is possible
by watching these reports.

I see the last members of the crew.

They're arriving at the
foot of the Kosmokrator.

This is the man overseeing the project.
The famous Polish engineer, Soltyk.

What is it?

I'll be there.

Tool supply checks are complete.

Good.

Engineer Soltyk, Station A reports
that the stellar charts are corrected.

- Hello, Soltyk!
- Hello, Soltyk!

- Did you have a good flight?
- This cuckoo clock is still in use.

But show me your Elastocopter instead.

- They say it's a marvel.
- There are only marvels here!

Wait and see. Omega, come here!

Omega, what weather will we
have in the next six hours?

Barometer...

4 millimetre drop.

Fantastic!

Your invention, of course?

It's nothing extraordinary,
he's my twentieth "son".

Don't be too modest,
Soltyk. What else does he do?

He automatically takes measurements,
analysing them with his electronic brain.

Omega's latest innovation
is an electronic memory.

Amazing! Maybe he can
serve as a partner in chess?

If you want.

Back from America? Hop in.

To the meadow.

A bit hectic, A bit
too much for two days.

Some people do not understand that
I am participating in this flight,

or what it means, and
not just for science.

It's obviously hard for them, but...

Here we are. I already came yesterday.

Stop!

Thank you, don't wait for us.

Do you like this place?
It's pretty, isn't it?

The view is beautiful.

You know what I would like, Hawling?

I would like to sit on
the Earth again, literally.

The smell of grass!

What do you think? Is
there grass on Venus?

- My youngest asks these questions.
- Yours too?

He made this drawing for you.

A house with a garden, a
rocket with you and me in it.

And at the very top shines the star
towards which we are going to fly.

In his eyes, the world is perfect.

He drew my rocket for fun.

He also likes the stars.

You must visit us, Arsenjew,
when we return from this trip.

Yes, Hawling, if we come back.

Venus continues to be silent.

And this strange reel no longer
says anything we don't already know.

Meaningless words.

Do you really believe that this
reel might contain something...

likely to delay the
time of our departure?

I'm not clairvoyant.

Let's go.

The crew of the
Kosmokrator is now complete.

Eight volunteers, each of whom is
a prominent figure in their field.

Seven men and, a woman, who practised
medicine for two years on the moon base.

A brave woman indeed.

- Sumiko...

- Brinkmann...

- Have I changed a lot?
- Well, I...

I don't know.

- You used to have long hair.
- Doctor Brinkmann!

- Your suitcase!
- Thanks.

Raimund Brinkmann, the man known among
other things for his thoughtlessness!

I sometimes leave
things lying around, but,

I haven't forgotten
anything, despite the years.

No, Brinkmann.

On a trip like this, you shouldn't
be burdened with that weight.

Doctor Ogimura!

It will soon be dusk.

Two more nights and a day
will pass before departure.

We interrupt the broadcast.

In the coming hours, it will be
impossible to see or interview

the eight passengers of the Kosmokrator.

They will spend 50 hours
in a deep artificial sleep,

which will help them build up strength
for this difficult space flight.

Ending transmission. Goodbye.

Brinkmann, you'll be asleep in
two minutes, like the others.

Whether you like it or not.

You can see and hear your heartbeat.

I'm glad you're coming with us, Sumiko.

Now I'll always be near you.

Your heart is beating normally.

Sumiko, my heart is beating...

No, Brinkmann!

Please, Raimund, never
speak of this again.

Good night, Raimund.

It's time to sleep for
you too, Doctor Ogimura.

Yes, you're right.

This is Intervision!
Intervision is calling Earth!

The Kosmokrator crew will
arrive in a few moments.

These are the last minutes
before departure for Venus.

On the spaceport, scholars and
workers share the same fever.

And now the crew is coming.

Here are the space travellers.

Prof. Sikarna, could you say
a few words for our viewers?

Get out of the field!

Everything necessary has been
done. We are ready. That's all.

Prof. Hawling from America
will now speak to us.

Prof. Hawling?

Today is an important day
in the history of science.

I greet all my friends,
wherever they are.

Especially my master Weimann.

It's a chance for me to
take part in this expedition,

in the name of humanity and my country.

Interviews continue. I'm
next to the radar building.

-Radio control, no word from the charter?
-We'll find out.

- Doctor Sumiko Ogimura?
- A few words, please.

My husband was an atomic
researcher and astrophysicist.

He lost his life while installing
the heliostat of the Moon Station.

I continue his work.

I chose this job because I was born
in Japan at the end of the last war.

My mother was killed
by the Hiroshima bomb.

Yes, this era started badly.

But I think we will make it better.

- A few words for our listeners?
- Please, Doctor Tschen Yu!

We are going to encounter a
form of life never seen before.

What a great moment in our
efforts to understand nature!

It is the beginning of a new science.

Human knowledge will
surpass the heavens.

Thank you.

Goodbye. I salute you. Goodbye!

Jeanne Moreau, the well-known
Intervision journalist, speaks to...

We have done our calculations.

We are confident, even if no one
can know the dangers of the unknown.

We thank all those who
collaborated to prepare this flight.

We will certainly be
back within four months.

Soltyk...

The technical equipment is ready,
the automation is working...

Mitia will start her studies in 6 years.

I always imagined that
he would choose physics.

But when the time comes, you'll
have to give him the free choice.

Technical skills reveal
themselves during a man's career.

Promise me you'll be patient with him.

Mother, why didn't you stay
home? I'll be back soon.

- Be careful, my dear.
- Yes.

- Sumiko, do you have a moment?
- Yes.

Goodbye! Good luck!

I present to you my mother.

Well...

Farewell, my little one.

The members of the crew,
having made their farewells,

will now climb into the jeeps which
will take them to the Kosmokrator.

Hello, Mona darling, can you hear me?

We're leaving and you're not
here. You are stuck somewhere.

Forgive me, radio listeners,
but I must speak to you, Mona.

Don't worry, we have
the best technology.

Can you hear me, Mona?

Mona, you mustn't cry.

Please kiss my father for me,
for our ship is about to depart.

It's such a chance for
me to fly to the stars.

The African member of the
expedition now gets into a jeep.

He is with doctors Ogimura,
Brinkmann and Soltyk.

The second jeep starts in turn.

Synchronization...

51, 52, 53...

54, 55, 56...

57, 58, 59...

Sixty! Thanks.

Combustion rockets parried.

Breathe calmly. Relax.

Don't be tense.

Take-off engines ready.

Ten seconds before departure.

Nine seconds, eight seconds...

seven seconds, six seconds...

- five seconds, four seconds...
- Watch out!

- three seconds, two seconds...
- Warning, ignition!

one second...

Zero!

Luna III to Urania! Luna III to Urania!

Let's keep the Kosmokrator under
constant radar surveillance.

How do you feel?

Like on a cloud.

At cosmic speed, we left
them behind long ago.

I have to release my
chest from this weight.

Be careful, we are weightless.
I advise you to stay attached.

Soltyk, you can switch
to ion propulsion.

Hawling, watch out.

I'm plugging in the
artificial gravity field.

I couldn't help it.

This is Luna III.

Kosmokrator, come in.

Come in.

Hello, Luna III, we are listening.

Minus 2, plus 5. Nominal trajectory.

We follow the hyperbole
exactly. No deviation.

We are going to fly over
the Moon at 2000 kilometres.

This is Luna III. Kosmokrator, come in.

Come in.

Here is the Sinus Roris crater.

And there, our Luna III station.

They're using the heliostat to greet us.

Her husband had an accident there.

I brought him back to
camp from the mountain.

But he was dead.

We were friends.

Hawling, Sumiko is a wonderful woman.

Know that we are all
sensitive to your pain.

When Ogimura lost his life
in that accident on the Moon,

we shed a lot of tears.

I want to tell you that all
women interested in science,

and all of them that are in China,

are happy that you continue
his work and fly with us.

I know, Tschen Yu, that you
are trying to console me.

How nice.

But who knows me in China?

Believe me, we often see your photo.

My daughter even hung it in her bedroom.

She studies astromedicine,
knowing your work on the moon base.

All of them know you
and know your merits.

This is Luna III.

Spotted an unknown meteor swarm.

Let's track position by
wide beam at high speed.

Thanks, understood. Carry on.

Sending directing coordinates
and trajectory elements.

Alpha X: 17 degrees 2 minutes.
Beta Y: 84 degrees 32 minutes.

Captain, important
information from Luna III.

Meteor alert.

Prof. Sikarna, the
latest meteor forecast.

We will probably reach the
meteor shower before 48 hours.

Unless its trajectory changes.

Keep in constant contact with Luna III.

Kosmokrator to Luna III.

Meteor alert well received.

Repeat our exact trajectory.

Kosmokrator to Luna III.

I am starting my personal diary today.

The central post of the
Kosmokrator often remains deserted.

The Predictor, which keeps
the spacecraft on course,

can also change its direction and
speed depending on the circumstances.

This autopilot will be responsible
for navigation for the next 30 days.

A man would be unable to control
the intricate machinery of the ship.

We have covered 4,300,000
kilometres so far.

We all find our special
liquid food excellent,

designed to be easily ingested
in a state of weightlessness.

Doctor Ogimura closely
monitors the diet,

and the health of crew members.

Engineer Soltyk spends most
of his time in the workshop.

He submits his robots
to incessant checks.

When heavy physical
labour is over on Earth,

it will be largely thanks to his robots.

The Polish cybernetician
must be everywhere.

He is Arsenjew's right-hand
man for the conduct of the ship.

Professor Sikarna does not
forget the message from Venus.

He wants to decipher the damaged
coil with the help of Tschen Yu.

They lock themselves away
for hours with the Marax.

The electronic brain works tirelessly.

But no one can predict the outcome.

Captain Arsenjew checks that the
trajectory is correctly maintained.

That night, the Predictor accelerated
the thrusters for 17 seconds.

Probably to avoid meteorites.

They weren't expected
until tomorrow morning.

Your robots are even
more careful than us.

In his spare time, Prof. Hawling
practises his so-called hobby.

After checkmating all of us,

he seems to have found an
adversary worthy of him in Omega.

King on G8.

King on E6.

It's not to be believed! He
plays an indefensible endgame.

I thought he was beaten, but
after this king's move to E6,

I have to go to the corner, H8.

King on F7.

Mate on the next move.

Congratulations.

This is the tenth game
that I lose. And flawless.

Your Omega is a great machine,
but something is missing.

- What do you mean?
- If he had a heart.

He would of then have let
Hawling win at least once.

I hope you'll think about it.

A tiny piece of heart.

Meteorites!

The throttle limiter!

Brinkmann, go see Tschen Yu and Sikarna!

How could this happen?

I thought the Kosmokrator would
automatically avoid the meteor shower.

Yes, but not fast enough.

We were protected from
accelerations of more than 8g.

The limiter had to be deactivated first.

Hawling, how far have we deviated?

12 degrees, 17 minutes.

Speed?

Constant: 44 per second.

The main swarm can't be far away.

We're rushing towards it at full speed.

Autopilot: Turn on the brake flares.

The motors aren't starting.

What's going on, Soltyk?

Meteor fragments have
damaged thrust propeller 3.

It must be repaired externally.

It's up to me.

When will the main swarm arrive?

It could arise at any moment.

Brinkmann, come help me!

Prof. Sikarna, Tschen Yu, how are you?

We are unharmed.

Please...

We need details on our course,
the coordinates and corrections.

Careful, get back to
your seats and buckle up.

Attention!

The main swarm is in sight.

Engines can start at any moment.

Repair completed.

Soltyk has returned.

Kosmokrator to Luna III!
Meteorite swarm avoided.

All is well on board.

We have been gone for three weeks.

Despite our enormous speed,
the stars appear immobile to us.

We will arrive on Venus in ten days.

The planet emits strong disturbances.

The radio link with Earth
has become almost impossible.

Nothing, It doesn't work anymore.

Too much disturbance.

Yeah, yeah...

Alpha X: 32 degrees 8
minutes. Beta Y: 7 degrees...

But life aboard the Kosmokrator
follows its normal course.

What's that?

A little heart for Omega.

These ten lost chess games
have affected Hawling.

He'll rediscover the
pleasure of playing.

You could please me
too, Engineer Soltyk.

I have to bring you
your meal every time.

It won't happen again.

That's what Sikarna always says too.

Professor...

What?

It can wait.

I am responsible for your health.

You haven't eaten for days.

I don't have time now, please!

Sumiko.

Leave him, he's nervous.
You will soon understand why.

Knight on E6, failure!

I don't understand.

King on E8.

Mate!

Congratulations, Hawling,
it's a deserved victory.

A clear, consistent
endgame. Bravo, Hawling.

Your first game won.

It wasn't so easy against
your little prodigy.

But the human spirit
has overcome the machine.

I'm happy for you, my dear.

- To you!
- Yes.

Please all come to the Marax!

The Cosmic Report.

Please.

We have deciphered the hitherto
unreadable part of the reel.

This is the end of the Cosmic Report.

I translate...

"After the second phase of revolution
will begin the irradiation of the planet."

"The dominant species on the
planet can easily be eliminated."

"When the radiation intensity has
halved, the great shift will begin."

This describes an attack on Earth.

An invasion by the people of Venus!

The Cosmic Report was not
a message for humanity.

It was the announcement of an attack.

You have to call Earth, immediately!

- Wait!
- Let him be.

Will it help Earth to know what we know?

Earth must be warned of the threat.

No, this threat was hanging over
the world when the coil was found.

And nothing happened.

We do not know how the Venusians
measured time and their lifespan.

If humanity knows the danger,
it will result in great concern.

An excruciating anguish will
sweep away everything in its path.

Panic will spread to the
four corners of the world.

No, Hawling, you are certainly mistaken.

For how many years has mankind
known the fear of atomic death?

And have overcome it?

Yet knowing what threatens them.

They know it from the start.

Nope?

No, there will be no panic.

What do you think?

I'm sure I can make
contact with the Venusians.

And if they have plans for war, we
will have to win them over to peace.

Talua, call Earth.

I can't get through Venus' disturbance,
our transmissions are being absorbed.

The Earth does not hear us.

Does anyone think we
need to turn around?

No.

Oh! it's absurd.

Go back now? No.

Never.

No.

Soltyk, speed?

We are flying at 50,000 km per hour.

We will touch Venus in three days.

Talua? Astrogation.

Hawking? The last measurements.

Gamma radiation
increases logarithmically.

I'll measure again.

- So.
- Yes.

- Nervous?
- No, not nervous.

So what?

When I learned that you would be
flying with us, I was very happy.

Now, I wish you hadn't come.

Why, Brinkmann? I am a
scientific researcher.

- Exactly like you.
- But you are a woman.

I brought Ogimura's body back from
the Moon's mountains to the camp.

Sumiko...

I'm scared of having
to bring you back too.

Your role is to bring life.

To bring a child into the world.

That's what I think.

I never told you how I met Ogimura.

He was studying on me the consequences of
the radiation that had killed my mother.

I could never bear a child, he told me.

Because it would be unviable, monstrous.

Brinkmann, everything was played
for me, thanks to the Hiroshima bomb.

3000 kilometres.

It's the 31st day of flying
and we're almost there.

All of our efforts to reach
Luna III and Earth proved futile.

Atomic engines gradually
reduced our speed.

Prof. Arsenjew pilots the ship into
an elliptical orbit around Venus.

We have become a satellite
of this silent star.

We have been trying in vain for hours
to establish contact with the Venusians.

A thick layer of clouds
surrounds the planet.

2500 kilometres.

First analysis of the
atmosphere of Venus...

26% carbon monoxide, 14% formaldehyde.

No oxygen, therefore very toxic.

We are facing a serious decision.

You know we can only
land and take off once.

A blind landing could mean our death.

One of us has to go ahead.

With so little visibility, I'll
have to take the Elastocopter.

Yes, Brinkmann.

Find a landing spot.

We will wait for your report
at 10 kilometres altitude.

- The aircraft is ready to take off.
- 1500 kilometres.

- Well...
- No, no goodbyes!

To your posts! To your posts, please!

1000 kilometres exactly.

Attention!

We are now entering
the atmosphere of Venus.

This is central post!

We are flying at an altitude of
20 km. Speed: 1.5 km per second.

Ready for takeoff?

Ready for takeoff.

Standby... for... blast off!

Brinkmann, hello?

- Hello, Brinkmann?
- Hello!

Is your radio having a problem?

I don't understand you.

Your radio is not working
well. Do you hear me?

I don't understand you! Your
transmitter is malfunctioning.

Talua, why the jamming?

Strong atmospheric disturbances.

We're cut off.

Hello, Brinkmann?

Hello, Brinkmann!

Arsenjew, can you hear me?

I've descended 800 metres.
Still no visibility.

From the radar, the area
appears to be mountainous.

I see the surface,
Arsenjew. I see something.

I do not know what it is.

A sort of forest of glass.

Hello!

Kosmokrator, I can't hear you anymore!

I'm about to land.

Contact with Brinkmann now ceased.

Altitude?

1200 metres.

Omega, forward!

I don't understand.

At such a short distance, the radar
beams should pierce the cloud layer.

But for an hour, these strange
lights are the only things visible.

There is only one explanation. The
atmosphere in this area is ionized.

- Because of what?
- Atomic radiation.

It means they're attacking us.

And Brinkmann?

I still have to get off.

We have to pass under the layer of
clouds if we want to find Brinkmann.

Nothing else to do.

Answer! Kosmokrator, answer!

- Omega!
- I listen.

- Dangerous place.
- Come on, Omega, come on!

Radioactivity.

Eight curias.

- Safety delay?
- Eight minutes.

Omega, come back!

Kosmokrator! Kosmokrator!
I can not hear you!

Hello? Hello? Do you receive me?

This damn radioactive forest
is blocking the radio waves.

Go forward, Omega, faster!

Damn, they're attacking us!

Kosmokrator!

Kosmokrator, do you read me?

Our device is destroyed!

The glow of a flame, like lightning!

The Predictor announces a shock
wave, probably due to an explosion.

Distance: 200 kilometres.

Brinkmann!

Or a signal from the Venusians.

We are going to have to
make an impromptu landing.

Talua, launch the locator signal.
Try to liaise with Brinkmann.

Omega, come back!

Caution: Retrorockets!

Thrust: 18, 21...

24, 27, 30.

The fuel exploded.

Poor Brinkmann...

Here's the cause: a conduction cable.

Soltyk, move the tankette away,

or we will suffer the same fate if
the voltage rises in the conductors.

Omega!

- How lucky, my boy!
- Yes, I was lucky.

You picked the wrong place to land.

- Why?
- There is an energy conductor.

Your machine has been the victim
of an induction current, Brinkmann.

These conductor cables should lead
us to the inhabitants of Venus.

There's no point in searching.

I found the inhabitants of Venus.

I even brought a few back.

What do you think?

I wonder if they are living beings.

They should be examined immediately.

Yes, Tschen Yu.

Hawling, we'll follow the
cable with the tankette.

Good.

Omega, come!

Turtle, come in! Turtle, come in!

We followed the cable. It
ends up with a strange object.

A white sphere. What could it be?

Is it alive, Hawling,
or is it a machine?

We can't tell. Not yet.

Everything is so foreign to us.

It is as if...

we had discovered a book
written in a foreign language.

It will still take days.

We won't see clearly until then.

Hawling, as soon as the
instruments are installed,

I need figures, numbers
and more numbers!

Agreed, Professor.

Good, if you may.

Talua, do you call Venusians?

On all frequencies.

I observe Venus through a
camera at the top of the ship.

Is this the calm before the storm?

Why don't the Venusians respond?

Are the little metal bugs
the rulers of this planet?

Tschen Yu is actively working to solve
the riddle of these mysterious creatures.

We have carefully examined
your inhabitants of Venus.

They pose no danger
as they aren't alive.

Too bad, I thought I had
made an important discovery.

Your discovery is more
important than you think.

Listen to one of the microcrystals
we've introduced into the Marax.

Yes.

They were the voices of
the inhabitants of Venus.

They are imprisoned in
these metallic insects,

or more exactly in the
crystals they contain.

If I understand you correctly,

are they tiny devices that
record sounds and voices?

- Can you decipher them?
- We will try.

This hole in which Brinkmann fell
into is therefore an archive centre.

A large library of the Venusians.

But where are they and
what are they hiding?

The arrival of such a large
ship does not go unnoticed.

But nothing happened.
Absolutely nothing!

And the explosion of my
device, that was nothing?

Bring me new measurements, figures
and other data from these archives.

The search continues methodically.

The radioactive forest is
of particular interest to us.

Our heavy protective suits
make measurements difficult.

We inspect the cables
that power the sphere.

Oscillographs record
any variation in voltage.

The task is complicated by the
storms that sweep this planet.

A big, uninteresting egg.

No reaction.

I see.

Tschen Yu examines the sand
transported by the storm.

One part is radioactive,
the other is not.

He is looking for traces of life.

On Earth, pollen and seeds survive
for hundreds of thousands of years.

The twilight and the storm announce the
night of Venus, lasting sixteen days.

We have to stop working outside, to
evaluate the results of this outing.

So you hold the vitrified forest
to be a biological formation?

Perhaps, the bottom of a dried seabed?

You're wrong.

It did not form naturally.

Professor Sikarna, with the
help of the electronic brain,

has combined the results of our
measurements into a coherent whole.

In my opinion, the vitrified forest
was a projector of space energy.

It could still wipe out all
life for millions of kilometres.

So we have before our eyes
the work of the Venusians?

Yes, this menacing forest was a
creation of the Venusian aggressors.

The installation was destroyed.

Venus may have disarmed?

I must alas! undeceive you.

The metal bugs you brought,
indicate something quite different.

Do you want to explain to us?

You mean something, Sikarna.

I don't have a definitive view yet.

But Venus may have
undergone a catastrophe.

All alignments end
abruptly and for no reason.

Everything is fragmentary, disorganised.

If it was a disaster that
ruined everything to this extent,

then it must have been a disaster
of inconceivable magnitude.

We cannot elucidate this point...

than by systematically
researching the white sphere,

from which leave these energy
conductors whose role we do not know.

It seems to be a huge transformer.

Something like a magnetic power station.

What is strange...

is that a voltage periodically
appears in these conductors.

You could almost believe that
there is someone on the other end,

who wouldn't know that the generator
is destroyed, therefore out of order,

and who would try to activate
it by sending signals.

And now?

We are launching an expedition, to
find the other end of the main cable.

Message to the Kosmokrator.

We have been driving for hours
in the landscape of Venus.

We're following the conductive cable.

No trace yet of the Venusians.

This cable has to end somewhere.

Arsenjew, shall we continue?

We are trying to open a path.
Follow us but be careful.

What is it, Arsenjew?

I assume that what we see
is not of natural origin.

These forms were constructs.

It must have reigned here at a
temperature comparable to that of the Sun.

An unimaginable catastrophe must
have wiped out every form of life.

What are you thinking, Sumiko?

In Hiroshima...

And that's what I've been
working on for 20 years.

It ends up here.

The cable continues
inside. We have to come in.

- It's probably the entrance.
- I guess so.

Omega, come! You come with us.

Venus and Earth in their orbits?

Possibly an instructional
system for spaceflight.

This device has a deeper meaning.

Come and see, a shaft!

Probably the Venusian command centre.

Who could use these commands?

And where is the power source?

It is possible that the
installation is still powered.

Omega, what is it?

I do not know.

What could it be?

Possibly a living being.

An animal?

This mud seems alive.

Watch out!

Omega, halt!

The mud is rising!

Come quickly!

The retreat is closed, let's go!

Halt fast!

Sumiko!

One more effort! We'll
get there, Sumiko!

Calm...

Don't be afraid, Sumiko, we'll be fine.

Don't pull! Don't shoot, Soltyk!

What does that mean?

Where are the others? I
don't see them anymore.

Do you understand what it is?

That is a targeting device
intended to destroy our planet.

Remember the Cosmic Report.

"After the second phase of revolution
will begin the irradiation of the planet."

Deadly atomic rays were to be
sent from here to our planet.

It seems to be the nerve centre,
where the energy source was controlled.

Hello, Professor?

The vitrified forest
shines! Please come!

Show me the sphere.

Look!

Gravity increasing.

I expected that.

But that is not possible.

Yes. Now everything is clear.

The sphere generates a gravity field.

It increases or decreases the
force of attraction of Venus.

For the moment, it acts
as a kind of drawn bow.

When energy reverses,
gravity will disappear.

Catapulting us into space.

I wonder who was able to bring these
large facilities back into service?

Call Arsenjew back, quick!

Hello! Arsenjew, Hawling, answer!

Their shadows!

Projected on the walls, when
the explosion surprised them.

An atomic explosion...

That's all that's left of
those beings: their shadows.

The Marax translates orders
from the underground powerhouse.

See what is the key used
by the electronic brain.

It's impossible.

E=mc�. Einstein's Great Formula!

Yes, but as a circular process.
It's closing to become a ring.

Interesting. Elongated formations.

How is it possible? Seeds?

Seeds... where did you find them?

In the upper sedimentary layer.

The wind probably brought
them a few days ago.

If these seeds are still fertile,
then life exists on this planet.

Prof. Sikarna asks
everyone to the Marax.

The examination of the
metal bugs of the cave

revealed to us part of
the history of this planet.

And the voice from the command
centre leaves with no doubt.

An aggressive group had
planned an attack on Earth.

But the attack did not take place.

The attackers annihilated themselves.

The death-bringing atomic
forces had escaped their control.

It triggered a chain reaction
of which they were the victims.

And only their shadows remained.

As well as their diabolical machine.

It is partly destroyed,
but it still works.

From whenever an external cause
reactivates its source of energy.

Are you saying we reactivated it?

What happened when the
stone fell in the mud?

The mud threw off the
stone, like an angry animal.

Then it suddenly swelled up.

It was frightening.

Describe the phenomenon in detail.

What happened?

The mud has increased in volume?

Yes, we were cornered.

It was following us.

And then?

I used the neutron radiant
to shoot through the mud.

You should not have.

This started the atomic reaction.

But it saved us.

The mud retracted and disappeared.

Yes.

But in the underground
powerhouse, the planetarium,

or rather the aiming device, started up.

When was it?

At 5:36 p.m.

Yes.

And that's when the sphere
began to emit a red glow.

This means that mass
has turned into energy.

The same process as an atomic bomb.

But the Venusians could
reverse it at will.

They knew how to change mass into
energy, but also energy into mass.

- Through a cyclical process.
- Fantastic!

But how to explain the
expansion of this mud?

Its mass has transformed into
electrical, gravitational or other energy.

If we massively transformed the energy
of all terrestrial power stations,

we would obtain roughly sixty kilograms.

But there is a power source here
of almost inconceivable magnitude.

Anyway, I assume so.

The Venusians are, or rather were,

so advanced in this field that
we are faced with an enigma.

Halt, Omega!

Radiation energy is increasing!

Radiation energy has increased!

Brinkmann, secure the other robots.

Talua, come help me!

The vitrified forest...

Hawking!

The vitrified forest!

The vitrified forest!

The radiative energy emitted
by the vitrified forest

has messed up Omega's electronic brain.

The Predictor will also fail.

The vitrified forest!

If the radiative energy
continues to increase,

the armoured hull of the Kosmokrator
will no longer protect us, Arsenjew.

Soltyk!

He suffers from internal bruising.

I have to operate!

Soltyk, start the engines.
We must leave immediately.

Start the engines, Soltyk!

Useless.

The gravitational field of
the sphere holds us back.

And electronic instruments,
see for yourself!

The Kosmokrator is now
just a pile of junk.

There remains a chance.

We must succeed in converting the
energy of the sphere and the forest,

to transform it back into a mass.

How?

I'll return to the Venusian city.

When you fired at the plasma,
changing its mass into energy,

I observed a change at the
bottom of the command centre well.

I know where and how
this process took place.

Is the small rocket usable?

Impossible with the gravity field.

But with the turtle, you will get there.

You can't go there alone.

I'll accompany you.

We're entering the Venusian city.

The storm becomes more violent.

How is Arsenjew?

Sumiko is operating.

Sumiko will succeed.

Compress.

- Can you do it, Soltyk?
- Yes.

I'll have everything fixed soon.

Tschen Yu, come in! Where are you?

We're beginning the descent
towards the command centre.

My spacesuit! I'll suffocate!

I'm coming! I'm coming, Tschen Yu!

Come down, Talua! You have
to do the manipulation.

The lives of others depend on it.

Help, Kosmokrator! I'm suffocating...

The sphere has turned
white again. But Tschen Yu?

Talua cut the circuit.

But I can't seal my suit!

You hear me? I can't seal it.

Try to, Tschen Yu! Try!

Gravity is back to normal. I'll
leave with the small rocket.

I'm coming for you, Tschen Yu.
Do you hear? I'll bring oxygen.

Tschen Yu? Hello, Tschen Yu?

Hold fast!

Brinkmann is coming!

Tschen Yu!

Tschen Yu! I need to talk to him!

Listen to me, Tschen Yu.

Listen, your reagents...

They're germinating.

Yes, living cells!

You were not mistaken.

Tschen Yu, life still exists on Venus.

Yes, Sumiko.

Life...

Retrorockets, Soltyk! Retrorockets!

Talua! Tschen Yu! Brinkmann!

Extreme danger! Come back immediately!

We struggle to keep the
Kosmokrator on the ground.

The reversal process has started.
The energy acts like a catapult.

Maximum power to the retrorockets!

Brinkmann, do you hear?
We've launched into space!

Talua! Tschen Yu! Brinkmann!

Sumiko!

Sumiko!

Turn around! Hawling, turn around!

Kosmokrator, where are
you? Do you hear me?

I can't come back!

I'm being expelled away!
I can't hear you anymore!

Kosmokrator, you've taken off!

You've taken off!

Greet the Earth and Mona!

Arsenjew, can you hear me?
Arsenyev! Mona! Kosmokrator!

Mona...

Luna III to Urania!

Luna III to Urania! The
Kosmokrator is approaching.

Contacting the Kosmokrator,
but no response.

Luna III to Urania!

I salute the Earth. I greet you all.

We have accomplished a lot.

But also much given, and much lost.

Too much!

We carry with us the
legacy of three great men.

Talua saved our expedition.

Tschen Yu discovered life on Venus.

Brinkmann was the first to
set foot on an alien planet.

Let us never forget them, my friends.

Humanity should be informed
about the atomic cataclysm

that occurred on another planet.

A lethal threat from
above imperilled our Earth.

We saw what was meant for
us, and how this attack ended.

Everyone, we have two things left to do.

We must make sure our
Earth continues to flourish.

And then we should try to
discover life on other planets.

We should do it soon.

As soon as possible, my friends.

THE END

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