Test pilota Pirxa

Inquest of Pilot Pirx Polish Test pilota Pirxa , Russian , translit.Doznanie pilota Pirksa, Estonian Navigaator Pirx is a joint PolishSoviet 1978 film directed by Marek Piestrak based on the story The Inquest by Stanisaw Lem from his short story collection More Tales of Pirx the Pilot. It was adapted for film by Vladimir Valutsky. It is a joint production by Dovzhenko Film Studios, Tallinnfilm, and Zespoly Filmowe. Music by Arvo Prt, sound by Aleksander Gobiowski, cinematography by Janusz Pawlowski. Runtime 104min.

In this tale Lem puts forth the idea that what is perceived a human weakness is in fact an advantage over a perfect machine. Pirx defeats the robot, because a human can hesitate, make wrong decisions, have doubts, but a robot cannot. A similar idea is present in Isaac Asimovs Robot series, where putting a robot in a position where it cannot chose between the Three laws of robotics fries its positronic brain.The biggest difference is that the movie tells the story in chronological order with the inquest taking place at the end while the short story starts with the inquest and then goes back in time from there. The movie also includes an assassination attempt on Pirx to prevent him from accepting the mission while this is not present in the short story. Another difference is that in the movie Pirx and his crew are attempting to launch two satellites into Saturns rings while in the short story they are trying to launch three. ........

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