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''First Spaceship On Venus'' (aka ''Planet of the Dead'', ''Silent Star'', ''Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply'') is a 1960 German/Polish film depicting the investigation of a strange message which apparently originates with the planet Venus. An English dub was released in the United States by [[Crown International Pictures]] in 1962.
 
Determining that the meteorite/spool does indeed contain some mysterious message and that it was indeed launched from Venus, Earth's interplanetary spaceship ''Cosmokrator'' is dispatched to investigate. Shortly before arrival, the message is decoded: it is a blueprint for war, the Venusians planning to [[Kill 'Em All|irradiate the Earth's surface]]. However, upon landing on Venus, the astronauts find only an inhospitable environment, and no Venusians. The crew of the ''Cosmokrator'' must continue investigating, to determine where the Venusians are, what their plans are for the human race, and what the human race can do about it.
 
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* [[The Atoner]]: Brinkmann, possibly. Early on, the film hints at a failed prior romance between Brinkman and Sumiko, but it turns out that {{spoiler|Sumiko's husband died during an exploration of the moon}}. It's subtly implied to have been Brinkmann's fault/responsibility, or maybe he'll just [[Never Live It Down]].
* [[The Captain]]: Harringway
** [[CaptainsCaptain's Log]]: Except that it's made not by the Captain but by [[The Lancer]], Brinkmann.
* [[The Chick]] / [[The Medic]]: Sumiko
* [[Creator Backlash]]: [[Stanislaw Lem]], who wrote the novel this film was based on (''[[The Astronauts (Literature)|The Astronauts]]''), disowned the movie after seeing it.
* [[History Marches On]]: "Arriving now is Brinkmann, the first American space man to land on the moon!"
* [[It Only Works Once]]: A plot point. The ''Cosmokrator'' can land on Venus and take off again only one time. It could be a matter of fuel, but no reason is ever officially given.
* [[Kill 'Em All]]: The Venusians' plan. {{spoiler|They never get around to it.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Kicking the rock to cause the slime flood; shooting the slime flood, making it retreat -- and arming the Venusian doomsday device; disarming the Venusian doomsday device -- which causes the ''Cosmokrator'' to be flung off Venus before it can rescue the astronauts trapped outside.
* [[Polyglot]]: Prof. Sikarna
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: the ''Cosmokrator''
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