Cast & crew
The Silent Star (1960)
Directed by Kurt Maetzig Written by Jan Fethke, Alexander Stenbock-Fermor, Günter Reisch, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Günther Rücker, Kurt Maetzig
Cast
| Karen Fredersdorf | Binkmans Mutter |
| Werner Senftleben | Funker |
| Eva-Maria Hagen | Reporterin |
| Nico Turoff | Wüstenarbeiter (uncredited) |
| Eduard von Winterstein | Weimann, Kernphysiker |
| Artur Młodnicki | Scientist (uncredited) |
| Józef Pieracki | Scientist (uncredited) |
| San Din Tscho | Chinese |
| Danuta Szaflarska | (voice) |
| Stanisław Igar | Scientist (uncredited) |
| Paul Paulsen | Bit Part |
| Lieselotte Schmook | Bit Part |
| Barbara Leonhard | Sekretarin |
| Omani Mensah | Afrikanischer Funker |
| Horst Shafer | Wissenschaftler |
| Erich Lie | Chinese |
| Vera Oelschlegel | Bit Part |
| Hans Ulrich Laufer | Bit Part |
| Gertraud Kreissig | Reporter |
| Oldřich Lukeš | Prof. Harringway Hawling |
| Lucyna Winnicka | Joan Moran |
| Yoko Tani | Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin |
| Ignacy Machowski | Prof. Saltyk |
| Julius Ongewe | Talua, afrikanischer Fernsehtechniker |
| Mikhail Postnikov | Prof. Arsenew |
| Kurt Rackelmann | Prof. Sikarna |
| Günther Simon | Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot |
| Hua-Ta Tang | Dr. Tchen Yu |
| Ruth-Maria Kubitschek | Frau Arsenjew |
| Heinz Kögel | Bit Part |
| Peter Kiwitt | Bit Part |
| Karl-Helge Hofstadt | Bit Part |
| Karl Brenk | Bit Part |
| Fritz Decho | Reporter |
| Christoph Beyertt | Bit Part |
| Klaus Bamberg | Bit Part |
| Fredy Barten | Bit Part |
Crew
| Hieronim Przybył | Assistant Director |
| Jan Olejniczak | Assistant Camera |
| Kurt Maetzig | Director |
| Stanisław Lem | Novel |
| Anatol Radzinowicz | Production Design |
| Lech Kunka | Assistant Production Design |
| Tadeusz Myszorek | Assistant Production Design |
| Ryszard Potocki | Assistant Production Design |
| Krzysztof Szlifirski | Music Arranger |
| Edward Zajiček | Production Manager |
| Henryk Szlachet | Assistant Production Manager |
| Andrzej Markowski | Original Music Composer |
| Joachim Hasler | Director of Photography |
| Lena Neumann | Editor |
| Elli-Charlotte Löffler | Costume Design |
| Jan Fethke | Writer |
| Alexander Stenbock-Fermor | Writer |
| Günter Reisch | Writer |
| Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Writer |
| Josef von Stroheim | Music Editor |
| Günther Rücker | Writer |
| Kurt Maetzig | Writer |
| Gordon Zahler | Music |
| Walter Greene | Music Editor |