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Active from 1946 until its dissolution in 1992, the studio made hundreds of feature films in a diverse range of genres, from hard-hitting dramas to crime thrillers, fairytale adaptations and Westerns. During the 1960s and 1970s, it also produced a series of colourful and wildly imaginative science fiction films in which courageous cosmonauts attempt to unravel the secrets of the universe: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Silent Star\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSignals: A Space Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Eolomea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIn the Dust of the Stars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on Stanisław Lem’s \u003cem\u003eThe Astronauts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Star\u003c\/em\u003e begins as an extraterrestrial object is unearthed in the Gobi desert. When it is found to have originated on Venus, the crew of the spacecraft \u003cem\u003eKosmokrator\u003c\/em\u003e is dispatched to the yellow planet to solve its mysteries. In \u003cem\u003eSignals: A Space Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLaika\u003c\/em\u003e and its crew are sent to find a lost research vessel, the \u003cem\u003eIkaros\u003c\/em\u003e. But as they draw nearer to the missing craft, they begin to intercept a series of strange radio transmissions. Then, \u003cem\u003eEolomea\u003c\/em\u003e sees several ships dispatched from the space station \u003cem\u003eMargot\u003c\/em\u003e disappear without trace – and it’s down to science officer Maria Scholl (Cox Habbema) to find out what happened to them. 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