Ikarie XB 1 (Icarus XB1 1963) Czech scifi Stanislav Lem English subtitle new DVD

Ikarie XB 1 (1963) - subtitled in English. Based on the novel by Stanislav Lem.\nForget the computer-coloured, dubbed and cut foreign releases - this the original Czech film in it's original form: Aspect ratio 2.35:1, original 2.0 soundtrack.\n\nThe year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a long journey across \nthe Universe, to search for life on the planets of Alpha Centauri.\n\nA giant spaceship carrying colonists to a new planet runs into \nunexpected troubles on its journey, ranging from encounters with \nabandoned alien craft to malfunctioning onboard computers and tensions \namong its crew and passengers.\n\nIKARIE XB-1 is one of the most compelling science fiction films ever\nmade. Filmed in very Cold War era Czechoslovakia and rarely seen in\nNorth America in it's complete widescreen form, this is a movie that\nwas so ahead of it's time that only 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY managed to\nraise the bar above what was set here with it's meticulous depiction of\nouter space vehic.