Test pilota Pirxa (1979)

Drama Science Fiction

This movie is about a rocket pilot named Pirx who is hired to go on a mission to evaluate some nonlinears (robots) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and his crew, made up of nonlinears and humans, are sent out to launch two satellites into the rings of Saturn. Upon returning to Earth there is an inquest to determine if Pirx was responsible for the "accident." In the end, it is found that one of the robots caused the malfunction in an attempt to kill the human crewmembers and Pirx is cleared of all charges. In this tale Lem puts forth the idea that what is perceived a human weakness is in fact an advantage over a perfect machine. Pirx defeats the robot, because a human can hesitate, make wrong decisions, have doubts, but a robot cannot. A similar idea is present in Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, where putting a robot in a position where it cannot chose between the Three laws of robotics fries its positronic brain.

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Runtime: 95 mins Rating: 5.9

Cast

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Tom Nowak

Sergei Desnitsky

Pirx

Vladimir Ivashov

Harry Brown

Zbigniew Lesien

John Calder

Ferdynand Matysik

Green

Igor Przegrodzki

McGuirr

Tõnu Saar

Kurt Weber

Janusz Bylczyński

Juge

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Crew

Stanisław Lem

Novel

Arvo Pärt

Original Music Composer

Janusz Pawlowski

Director of Photography

Vladimir Valutskiy

Writer

Marek Piestrak

Director

Marek Piestrak

Writer

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Test pilota Pirxa (1979)

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