Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 First Spaceship On Venus (1962) Rating: Starring: Gunther Simon, Yoko Tani, Tang Hua-Ta, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michail Postnikow, Kurt Rackelmann Director: Kurt Maetzig Category: Science-Fiction Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 78 mins     Mankind's Most Incredible Journey! After discovering a communications device from Venus containing a message of the impending attack of Earth, an international crew of astronauts and scientists embark on the first manned expedition to the mystery-shrouded planet.Upon arrival, they discover the ruins of an advanced civilization that destroyed itself in its zealous quest to master atomic weaponry. Based on the best-selling novel The Astronauts by Poland's most famous science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, First Spaceship On Venus had been called "the first influential post-war space opera from Eastern Europe" (Aurum Film Encyclopedia).A spectacular Technicolor adventure, presented here for the first time on DVD in a widescreen "letterbox" edition.-Wade Williams