The year is 2054. Mankind has settled on Mars. 250 years later, the descendants of the first settlers choose to return, striving to conquer the Earth and prepared to annihilate any life on the planet. All efforts seem futile: the invasion will take its course. And still, Queen Metapha commands her people “not to bury the sand in their heads”, as there seems to be one last flicker of hope: the crew of “Dreamship Surprise, who are to embark on a journey through time in order to undo the colonization of Mars. Yet the spaceship’s crew members have a far more important mission on their minds: they are smack in the middle of their dance performance rehearsals for the “Miss Waikiki” competition and thus only reluctantly agree to take a taxi bound to the Earth.

(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1 is a German comedy film directed by Michael "Bully" Herbig. The film parodies numerous other films, especially from the science fiction universes of Star Trek and Star Wars. The premiere took place on July 19, 2004 in Munich - The film was released in German cinemas on July 22, 2004. With a total of 9.165 million admissions, it ranks first on the list of the most successful German films since audience tracking began in 1980.