: In 1977, with only two weeks of filming left, the Polish communist government ordered the production to shut down and the sets and costumes destroyed.
'Escape to the Silver Globe' Explores the Sci Fi Movie ... - Variety
(2021) is a highly acclaimed documentary directed by Kuba Mikurda. It explores the chaotic production of Andrzej Żuławski's legendary, unfinished 1970s science fiction masterpiece, On the Silver Globe . 🎬 The Core Subject: On the Silver Globe
: Based on books written by his great-uncle Jerzy Żuławski, it tells the story of astronauts escaping Earth to start a new civilization on a foreign planet.
: A decade later in the late 1980s, Żuławski was allowed to release the film. He filled the missing scenes with street footage of modern Warsaw and a voiceover explaining what happened.
To understand the documentary, you must understand the movie it is about. In 1975, Polish director Andrzej Żuławski set out to create the largest film in Polish history.