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Released
2004 · FILM

(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1

When a goofy trio of space heroes aboard the ship Surprise must race back from 2304 to present‑day Earth, they must outwit a ruthless Martian warlord and his army before the planet is conquered forever.

Directed by
Michael Herbig
Written by
Michael Herbig, Alfons Biedermann
Runtime
87 min
Language
DE
ComedySci-Fi

Synopsis

Centuries after humans have established settlements on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul lead a Martian force to Earth with the goal of conquering the planet. On Earth, Queen Metaphor turns to the gay heroes aboard the spaceship *Surprise*—Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty—for assistance.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Alexander DittnerShot by Stephan SchuhScored by Stefan RaabDesigned by Claus Kottmann

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$76.3M

Budget$9.0M
Worldwide gross$76.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Traumschiff Surprisede
  • Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1en
  • Dreamship Surprise: Period 1es
  • Space Moviefr

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