Island at the end of the world

Movie
German title	Island at the end of the world
Original title	The Island at the Top of the World
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1974
length	93 minutes
Rod
Director	Robert Stevenson
script	John Whedon
production	Winston Hibler
music	Maurice Jarre
camera	Frank V. Phillips
cut	Robert Stafford
occupation
David Hartman : Prof. Ivarsson Donald Sinden : Sir Anthony Ross Jacques Marin : Captain Brieux Mako : Oomiak David Gwillim : Donald Ross Agneta Eckemyr : Freyja Gunnar Öhlund : The Godi Lasse Kolstad : Erik Erik Silju : Torvald Rolf Søder : The Lawspeaker Torsten Wahlund : Sven Sverre Anker Ousdal : Gunnar Niels Hinrichsen : Sigurd Denny Miller : Town Guard Brendan Dillon : The Factor James Almanzar : French Engineer Ivor Barry : The Butler Lee Paul : Chief of Boat Archers

Island at the end of the world (Original title: The Island at the Top of the World ) is an American science fiction film from 1974. It is based on the novel Island at the end of the world (also The Lost ; Original title: The Lost Ones ) by Ian Cameron and was produced by the Walt Disney Company . The shooting took place in Redmond , Oregon .

action

Sir Anthony Ross sets off for the Arctic in an airship called Hyperion to find his missing son. In the middle of the icebergs he discovers a community of Vikings who live secluded on an island like a thousand years ago.

Reviews

"Technically obsolete adventure film from the Disney workshop, staged full of clichés."

- film service

“The imaginative and amusing film shows what was possible in the Arctic in 1907. (Rating: 2 out of 4 possible stars - average) "

- Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz : Lexicon "Films on TV"

Awards

1975 were Peter Ellenshaw , John B. Mansbridge , Walter H. Tyler , Al Roelofs and Hal Gausman in the category Best Art Direction Oscar nominations.

Premieres

• USA 20th December 1974
• Germany 17th October 1975

DVD release

• Island at the end of the world. Walt Disney Home Video Entertainment 2003.

literature

• Ian Cameron : Island at the end of the world. Novel. (Original title: The Lost Ones ). German by Waldemar Kabus . Unabridged paperback edition. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1984, 214 pages, ISBN 3-548-20435-X .

Web links

• The Island at the Top of the World at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Island at the end of the world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on TV". (Extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 404.