The Android
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Android |
| Original title | Android |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1982 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Aaron Lipstadt |
| script |
Don Keith Opper James Reigle Will Reigle |
| production | Mary Ann Fisher |
| music | Don Preston |
| camera | Tim Suhrstedt |
| cut | Robert J. Kizer , Andy Horvitch |
| occupation | |
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The Android (Original: Android ) is an American science fiction - B-Movie by Aaron Lipstadt , in which Klaus Kinski plays one of the leading roles.
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In 2036: After a robot uprising was put down in Munich , artificial humans are no longer allowed to live on earth.
It is feared that further renegade androids could commit murders or assassinations on high members or the bosses of the large corporations that control the earth. The research work on artificial living beings by the scientist Dr. Daniel, who lives together with his creature and servant, the android Max 404, on a lonely space station in space, shortly before the end because Daniel's financiers want to cancel his current research project "Cassandra 1". While Dr. Daniel is busy with his project, Max explores the human race and the relationship between man and woman, especially since he has never seen a real woman.
One day Max receives an emergency call from three escaped felons who are on the run with their spaceship from the Terrapol space police. Max gives the trio refuge without Dr. To inform Daniel. When he discovers the intruders, Dr. Daniel the plan to abuse the young Maggie as a test subject for his illegal research project "Cassandra 1".
When Max, despite his artificial origins, increasingly develops human feelings and falls in love with Maggie, he slowly begins to rebel against his master and even protects the criminals from a police patrol. After seeing a conversation between Maggie and Dr. Has overheard Daniel, he fears for his existence, because Daniel wants to turn him off because of his disobedience and stubbornness as soon as he has activated the successor model Cassandra.
The situation finally escalates when Max finds Maggie dead one morning. With the life energy withdrawn from Maggie, however, Daniel's female Android Cassandra has awakened. With this Max allies himself and kills his inventor Dr. Daniel, which turns out to be an Android himself. In the meantime, another patrol of the Terrapol space police has appeared and landed on the station to arrest the escaped convicts. The cops only find Max 404 and Cassandra, who pose as Dr. Introduce Daniel and his assistant and return to Earth.
Premieres
- Spain March 25th 1983
- Germany July 22, 1983
- USA 5th November 1983
Trivia
- The executive producer of the film was Roger Corman . However, his name is not mentioned in the credits.
reception
The US magazine Cinefantastique described the film as a typical New World production that starts off nicely, but soon shorts out the clichés of the science fiction genre. The English science fiction and fantasy author David Wingrove praised the film for its innovative character, among other things. The producer, screenwriter and director George Lucas found the film "elegant" and considers it "relevant".
The lexicon of international film judges: “Intelligent, funny debut film; an interesting variation on the science fiction films of Hollywood with their messages of salvation. "
Awards
Saturn Awards 1983
- Nominated in the category Best low-budget film
Web links
- The Android in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Android in the online film database
- The Android atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Android. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 30, 2017 .