Ikarie XB 1

1963, 1h 28min -

A visionary work of Eastern Bloc science fiction, this mesmerizing Czechoslovak adaptation of a novel by Stanisław Lem melds Cold War ideology and utopian futurism into a tour de force of space-age modernism. In the year 2163, a band of astronauts embarks on a fifteen-year voyage deep into outer space, in hopes of discovering life in another galaxy. It’s a perilous journey during which they will confront the wreckage of the twentieth century, the chilling vastness of the cosmos, and their own mortality. A triumph of avant-garde production design that served as a model for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, IKARIE XB 1—long known internationally only through a mangled and dubbed reedit—is a singular sci-fi landmark that finds both terror and wonder in the unknown. Show more

"Ikarie XB 1" — movie produced in Czech Republic and released in 1963. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.9 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 28min. "Ikarie XB 1" is currently available to stream on Cultpix and The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!