The Man from the First Century

Man in Outer Space
Directed by	Oldřich Lipský
Written by	Oldřich Lipský Zdeněk Bláha Miloš Fiola Jan Fišer
Story by	Miloš Fiala Jan Fišer Oldřich Lipský
Starring	Miloš Kopecký
Cinematography	Vladimír Novotný
Edited by	Jan Kohout
Music by	Ladislav Simon Zdeněk Liška
Production company	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	23 March 1962 (1962-03-23)
Running time	91 min.
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Man in Outer Space AKA The Man from the First Century (Czech: Muž z prvního století) is a 1962 Czechoslovak science fiction comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

Set in the second half of the 20th century, plans are in place to launch the first Czech spacecraft. Upholsterer Josef (played by Miloš Kopecký ) makes the final adjustments to the vehicle and accidentally starts the ship. He flies to the planet Blue Star. There, he meets planet inhabitant Adam (Radovan Lukavský), and they both return to Earth. Somehow, 600 years have passed. Josef ends up in a psychiatric hospital, but escapes, and with the help of the Adam, who is apparently invisible on Earth, he returns to his own timeline.

Cast

• Miloš Kopecký as Josef, an upholsterer
• Radovan Lukavský as Adam
• Otomar Krejča as Academic
• Vít Olmer as Engineer Petr
• Anita Kajlichova as Psychiatrist Eva
• Lubomír Lipský as Order fulfillment clerk
• Vladimír Hlavatý as Director of the Rocket factory
• Josef Hlinomaz as Foreman

External links

• The Man from the First Century at IMDb