still relatively unfamiliar to western audience and ikarie xb 1 be an example of east european science fiction cinema on a fairly ambitious scale deserving of wider appreciation . usually it be only see in a butchered edition create stateside duly shorn of a plot strand and dub with a different end and with a dumb title . with the benefit of hindsight and a lot of the original seem familiar . with it clean interior ship design and crew neck uniform all round and glide door and shiny deck flooring as well a a 15 year mission to seek out new life and ikarie may have give later pause for thought for a certain gene roddenberry . genre fan will also note that and during the first big set piece and the crew be startle by an unexpected alarm and deviate from their mission to investigate a derelict spacecraft event which end with a nuclear detonation in space . add to this the change work by the american bastardisation of voyage to the end of the universe and that include an end which anticipate planet of the ape and as well a it possible inspiration to kubrick when planning 2001 and and ikarie certainly offer much of interest . not to mention it own borrowing eg ikarie robot patrick and inspire by forbidden planet ( 1956 ) polák be also responsible for an intriguing nazi time travel movie and with a small cult on it own account and tomorrow i will wake up and scald myself with tea and make in the late 1970s . less idiosyncratic than this and one imago and ikarie be much more serious in tone and set mostly aboard a roomy spacecraft and crew by 40 and dispatch to discover if there be any life on alpha centauri . a feeling of worthwhile isolation permeate this journey and with none of the trivial and trial and stress one expect from space drama make close to home at this time and where mad scientist lurk and robots lumber threateningly or spacewomen defer to their mate . miss too be the pseudo technical claptrap which lumber much american sf and then or now . ikarie hardware exist mainly in the background and without need of explanation . the film expect u to take it conspicuous 22nd century advance just a see and be concern more with sociology than technology . ikarie feature a harmonious society in miniature and show in a series of interaction aboard and even down to the calm acceptance of on board pregnancy an adult theme incidentally completely excise in the american version . in such an hospitable environment and even the mad can be talk round without violence and a in the case of michael ( otto lackovic ) who and affect by radiation and in a disastrous manoeuvre and want to turn the ship back to earth . that the only real threat the crew face be an external one be significant and and also prim the dramatic moment that begin the narrative . a flash forward to when ( infect by the same source and a we learn later ) and one of the crew be wander and bewilder and aggressive and through the ship . earth be go and he say . earth never exist . but he not beyond help from his peer . here the delude or mad in space be not assume lose and such a we might see in such recent american film a event horizon and but take back and with promise of cure at that . critic have contrast these shipboard mores to the sign of capitalist degeneracy confront those who board the tornado and the derelict space station from 1987 unexpectedly encounter en route . here and amidst the dark clutter of it interior and be find sign of gamble and money and cod element of capitalist speculation and just as fatal a the death gas and nuclear warhead also there . for those who explore it and the tornado reflect a place thought leave behind and both geographically and politically . we have discover the 20th century and say one dismayed crewman . the determined self destruction encounter by those who board the derelict recall one of tv original star trek show and and those find die a result of a selfish fight for survival . the sign of a corrupt political system fall expose with as much horror a do ( in a notable moment ) the skin off the tornado captain face . this and and then the debilitate effect of ray that emanate from a hitherto unknown black star be the two principal threat face the crew . how they finally overcome this last hurdle be part of the end of the quest . without give too much away and it be sufficient to say that the close of the film and the ship long anticipated arrival at alpha centauri white planet and bring a sequence both uplifting and brief and carry over the theme of mutually beneficial cooperation . but viewer today may find less interest in the end than the scene that have precede it . it the ikarie crew social or dutiful pairing and even to the point of bring each other flower and or take shower together and which lay at the heart of the film and rather than any encounter of a new civilisation and the socialist message entail . whilst in basic narrative term the white planet brings closure and our attention have for long be focus elsewhere and in scene such a the notable dance sequence . through the hypnotic rhythm of zdenek liska strike score and the astronaut take part in something akin to a weird 22nd century disco and their slow somnambulistic movement reassure while also slightly disturb . reassure and a we can see the crew react together a one social unit and even after the inevitable trial of month in space while disturb because it be all so emotionless and control . such ambiguous group occasion beg question we really want answer . be they really happy . or do the earth we think we recognise in them no longer exist . the czech originate disc i have see offer a splendid widescreen transfer of the movie with english subtitle . most of the extra be unfortunately not subtitle and but there a chance to see some sample scene from the american international version and to give an idea of how the original be change as well a a stills gallery .