Test Pilota Pirxa

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Can robots replace human beings? Pirxa is the commander of a spaceship with a human crew but finds out one of them could be a robot. Which one and what threat does he pose? Test Pilot Pirxa is a landmark film for Polish cinema it was the first time futuristic sets were created for a Polish film.

Will be screened with: X (2005, Dir. Raphael Wahl, Germany, 6mins) Inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s short stories about the spaceman Ijon Tichy, this film tells of a comical space travel adventure. Winner of the SCI-FI-LONDON Best Short Film Award 2006.

Screening Times

date
Sat, 1st May 2010
time
10:30AM

Information

country
Poland
year
1978
runtime
104mins
language
Polish with English Subtitles
director
Marek Piestrak
distributor
Polish Cultural Institute
format
35mm