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'Himmelskibet', 'Excelsior' / 'A Trip to Mars' / 'Das Himmelschiff' is a 1918 Danish film about a trip to Mars. In 2006, the film was restored and re-released on DVD by the Danish Film Institute.

Phil Hardy says it is "the film that marked the beginning of the space opera subgenre of science fiction," but notes that Denmark did not make another science fiction film until 'Reptilicus' in 1961.Phil Hardy. The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction. New York: The Overlook Press, 1994, pp. 56-57

Cast



*Gunnar Tolns as Avanti Planetaros - Captain of the Space Ship

*Zanny Petersen as Corona, Avanti's Sister

*Nicolai Neiiendam as Professor Planetaros, Astronomer

*Alf Bltecher as Dr. Krafft, Avanti's Friend

*Svend Kornbeck as David Dane, American

*Philip Bech as Martian leader - Wise Man

*Lilly Jacobson as Marya, Martian Leader's Daughter

*Frederik Jacobsen as Professor Dubius

Production crew



*Production Design by Carlo Jacobsen

*Art Direction by Axel Bruun

See also



*List of films set on Mars

*Human mission to Mars

References




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