Journey to the Seventh Planet
Journey to the Seventh Planet is a 1962 Danish-American science fiction film. It was directed by Sid Pink, written by Pink and Ib Melchior, and shot in Denmark with a budget of only US$75,000.
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| Directed by | Sidney W. Pink |
| Screenplay by | Ib Melchior Sidney W. Pink |
| Produced by | Sidney Pink |
| Starring | John Agar Greta Thyssen Carl Ottosen Ove Sprogøe Ann Smyrner Mimi Heinrich |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Music by | Ib Glindemann Ronald Stein |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
Production company | Cinemagic Inc. |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (U.S.) |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Countries | Denmark United States |
| Languages | Danish English |
| Budget | $75,000 |
Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, has not been charted by the United Nations' Space Fleet. Therefore, in 2001, an international crew has been dispatched to Uranus by the United Nations, which has become a world government, on a space exploration mission. The film's ideas of astronauts exploring outer space only to confront their inner mindscapes and memories precede the similar-themed 1972 film Solaris by a full decade (although the novel Solaris was published a year prior to this film). The film is also reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's 1948 short story "Mars Is Heaven!" and the manifestations of the subconscious in "Forbidden Planet".