Pilot Pirx's Inquest
May 25 1979
•2h 35m
•Science Fiction, Drama
Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some 'nonlinears' (an experimental model of android) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and this intriguing crew are sent out to launch two satellites into the rings of Saturn, but he is determined to find out and identify a hostile unhuman coworker among them.
Cast
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Sergei Desnitsky
Pirx
Bolesław Abart
Jan Otis
Vladimir Ivashov
Harry Brown
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Tom Novak
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