Inquest of Pilot Pirx

Inquest of Pilot Pirx (Polish: Test pilota Pirxa, Russian: Дознание пилота Пиркса, romanized: Doznaniye pilota Pirksa, Estonian: Navigaator Pirx) is a joint Polish-Soviet 1979 film directed by Marek Piestrak. It is based on the short story "The Inquest" by Stanisław Lem from his 1968 short story collection Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie (Tales of Pirx the Pilot; the story was translated into English in the second part, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Zespoly Filmowe, and Tallinnfilm. Some of the studio-based filming was done at the Dovzhenko Film Studios.

Test pilota Pirxa
Film poster
Directed byMarek Piestrak
Written byVladimir Valutsky
Stanisław Lem (story)
StarringAleksandr Kaidanovsky
CinematographyJanusz Pawlowski
Music byArvo Pärt
Eugeniusz Rudnik
Production
companies
Zespoly Filmowe
Tallinnfilm
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesPoland
Soviet Union
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