Inquest of Pilot Pirx
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| Directed by | Marek Piestrak |
| Screenplay by | Marek Piestrak Vladimir Valutsky |
| Based on | "The Inquest" by Stanisław Lem |
| Produced by | Karl Levoll Edward Klosowicz |
| Starring | Sergei Desnitsky Aleksandr Kaidanovsky Vladimir Ivashov |
| Cinematography | Janusz Pawlowski |
| Edited by | Roman Kolski |
| Music by | Arvo Pärt Eugeniusz Rudnik |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Countries | Poland Soviet Union |
Inquest of Pilot Pirx (Polish: Test pilota Pirxa, Russian: Дознание пилота Пиркса, romanized: Doznaniye pilota Pirksa, Estonian: Navigaator Pirx) is a joint Polish-Soviet Estonian 1979 film directed by Marek Piestrak. It is based on the short story "The Inquest" by Stanisław Lem from his 1968 short story collection Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie (Tales of Pirx the Pilot; the story was translated into English in the second part, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Zespoly Filmowe, and Tallinnfilm. Some of the studio-based filming was done at the Dovzhenko Film Studios.