On the Silver Globe
Short description
A group of astronauts leaves Earth to establish a new civilization on a distant world. After landing on the far side of the moon, the survivors attempt to build a utopian society. Over time, the original explorers die, and their descendants revert to a primitive culture governed by new myths and the worship of the founders as gods. Years later, an astronaut named Marek arrives from Earth and is mistaken for a reincarnated deity, leading to a conflict involving bird-like mutants.
Written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, this Polish production is the third film in his directed chronology, following Possession and Mad Love. The movie features Andrzej Seweryn and Michal Bajor both portraying Marek, with Jerzy Trela, Grażyna Dyląg, Maria Pakulnis, and Waldemar Kownacki in the main cast. The production involved 94 credited crew members and 25 credited cast members.
Released on February 10, 1989, this drama, horror, and science fiction film has a runtime of 165 minutes. It was produced by Zespół Filmowy Pryzmat and Zespół Filmowy Kadr. The film is well-received by its audience, holding a rating of 7.7/10 on TMDB based on 183 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- In 1977, when the film was approximately 80% complete, Poland's Deputy Minister of Culture, Janusz Wilhelmi, suddenly ordered the sets and costumes to be destroyed and filming to be shut down. For two years, the fate of the project remained unknown. Even after Wilhelmi's death in a plane crash in 1979, permission to resume work on the film was not granted. Żuławski managed to leave Poland by presenting a fake invitation from Hollywood. The film 'On the Silver Globe' was eventually released: in the late 1980s, when the director was able to return to Poland, he edited the surviving fragments of the film, adding narrations to replace the missing episodes. Even in this truncated form, the film seems perfect and far ahead of its time.
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