On the Silver Globe (film)

On the Silver Globe (Na srebrnym globie) is a 1988 Polish epic science fiction film directed and written by Andrzej Żuławski, adapted from The Lunar Trilogy by Jerzy Żuławski. Starring Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Iwona Bielska, Jan Frycz, Henryk Bista, Grażyna Deląg and Krystyna Janda, the plot follows a team of astronauts who land on an uninhabited planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah. Production took place from 1976 to 1977, but was interrupted by the decision of the Polish authorities. The film's budget is estimated to be at least PLN 58 million. After a few years, Żuławski was able to finish his film. On the Silver Globe premiered at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, and has received critical acclaim. In the far future, a group of dissident astronauts crash land on an unnamed Earth-like planet after escaping from a degraded and vaguely dystopian Earth. A man named Thomas succumbs to his injuries shortly after. As a result of the accident, only three astronauts remain, a woman named Marta and two men, Piotr and Jerzy. Communication with Earth is lost, the survivors decide to settle on the seashore and give rise to a new human race. After the birth of their first son, Marta notices that the child is growing much faster than on Earth. Later, An unseen enemy kills Piotr and Marta dies in childbirth. A few decades later, when Jerzy is in his old age, the new humanity is a tribe of several dozen people with whom he can no longer make contact, they are partially feral and view Jerzy as a demigod. Before he dies, he sends a video diary to Earth containing recordings from handheld video cameras. A planetary scientist named Marek receives the video diary and travels to the planet. When he arrives, the priests in power declare Marek to be the messiah, who, according to prophecy, must free humans from the power of telepathic bird-like humanoids called "Sherns", the planet's native inhabitants. Marek accepts this role and leads a military campaign against the Sherns.