Commando spatial - La fantastique aventure du vaisseau Orion

Original title: Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion

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1966
1h

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Commando spatial - La fantastique aventure du vaisseau Orion (1966)

Commander McLane and the crew of the fast space cruiser Orion patrol Earth's outposts and colonies in space and defend humanity from the alien 'Frogs'.Commander McLane and the crew of the fast space cruiser Orion patrol Earth's outposts and colonies in space and defend humanity from the alien 'Frogs'.Commander McLane and the crew of the fast space cruiser Orion patrol Earth's outposts and colonies in space and defend humanity from the alien 'Frogs'.

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Dietmar Schönherr

Cliff Allister McLane

Eva Pflug

Tamara Jagellovsk

Wolfgang Völz

Mario de Monti

Claus Holm

Hasso Sigbjörnson

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Atan Shubashi

Ursula Lillig

Helga Legrelle

Benno Sterzenbach

General Wamsler

Friedrich Joloff

Oberst Villa

Thomas Reiner

Adjutant Michael Spring-Brauner

Franz Schafheitlin

Sir Arthur

Hans Cossy

Marshall Kublai-Krim

Charlotte Kerr

General Lydia van Dyke

Alfons Höckmann

Rott

Gerhard Jentsch

Hydra-Astrogator

Norbert Gastell

Hydra-Offizier…

Reinhard Glemnitz

Pieter-Paul Ibsen…

Herbert Fleischmann

Dr. Schiller

Alexander Hegarth

Dr. Heine

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The take-off sequences of the Orion from its underwater base was achieved by dissolving Alka-Seltzer in water. The image was turned upside down (thus make the bubbles appearing to move downwards) and a cut-out spaceship was placed in the foreground.

Goofs
There is a large hole in the top of the glass helmets of the spacesuits which was used during filming to blow in warm air from a hair-dryer to prevent the glass steaming up.

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Introduction: [opening narration] What seems like a fairy tale today may be reality tomorrow. Here we have a fairy tale of the day after tomorrow. There are no more national states, only mankind and her colonies in outer space. We settle on stars far-off, the bottom of the sea is developed as living place. With what are today unimaginable speeds, the starships of tomorrow transverse the Milky Way. One of this starships is the Orion, a little piece in the giant security system which protects the Earth from outer space threats. Let's accompany the Orion and her crew at their patrols-service on the edge of infinity...

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Edited into Mission spatiale Orion (2003)

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The series was shown on TV before Star Trek had appeared. If you compare the special effects of Raumpatrouille to those of the first Star Trek pilot (which had not been aired until the early 90s), they were very much alike. Of course, today most people just laugh at such effects. But unlike Star Trek, the plot of Raumpatrouille and its political contents was far more symbolic and, I think, more interesting. Unfortunately, the series never evolved any further and stopped after the seventh episode for some reason. The German TV station Pro7 announced a continuation of Raumpatrouille in the 90s, but I doubt that it will ever be finished. And if it was, it will most probably not have the same taste as the original series.