The invisible
The Invisible Man (original title: The Invisible Man ) is a novel by the British writer H. G. Wells from the year 1897. It belongs to the genre of the scientific romances so named by Wells , an early form of modern science fiction .
action
The scientist Griffin discovers a chemical formula that can be used to make white objects invisible. When he tries himself, however, he must find that the effect cannot be reversed. He flees to the country and from then on can only venture out of the house wrapped in bandages, which causes a sensation. There is moral decline. Griffin uses his invisibility to steal, to set fire to and eventually becomes a murderer. The story ends with Griffin's delusional portrayal of his world domination plans and his death by an angry crowd. After death, his body slowly becomes visible again.
Film adaptations and comics
There are various more or less direct adaptations of The Invisible One .
- The book was first filmed by James Whale in 1933 : see The Invisible Man (1933) .
- In The Invisible Agent (1942), a spy comedy, Jon Hall plays Frank Raymond, the grandson of Jack Griffin.
- A Russian film adaptation of Mosfilm : The Invisible Man (1984) by Alexander Sakharov with Andrei Kharitonov as Griffin.
- The film Hunt for an Invisible Man (1992, based on the novel of the same name by Harry F. Saint, original title Memoirs of an Invisible Man ) spoils the idea of the novel; The yuppie Nick Halloway ( Chevy Chase ) becomes invisible through the radiation emitted and has to struggle with all kinds of everyday problems, a secret service chasing him and a love life complicated by the invisibility.
- The effect shocker Hollow Man - Invisible Danger (2000) also takes up the basic idea of the novel, here the means that gives invisibility is used by scientist Sebastian Caine ( Kevin Bacon ) after a series of animal experiments .
- Likewise, the novel served as a template for several television series (first 1958, the last from 2000) (see: The Invisible and Invisible Man - The Invisible ).
- In the American comic series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the invisible appears under the name Hawley Griffin , in the film of the same name The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen he was renamed Rodney Skinner (played by Tony Curran ); nor was he the inventor of the formula, but a thief who had stolen it.
- A modern adaptation of the book, The Invisible Man , directed by Leigh Whannell , was released in German cinemas on February 27, 2020.
Radio plays
- 2017: The Invisible One . Director: Marc Gruppe. Titania media. ISBN 978-3-7857-5448-1 .
- 2019: The Invisible One . Director: Oliver Döring . Imaga / Maritime. ISBN 978-3-9462-0753-5 .
expenditure
- HG Wells : The Invisible One . Roman (Original title: The Invisible Man ). German by Jan Enseling with a foreword by Prof. Tom Shippey and illustrations by Hauke Kock. Mantikore-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2018, 257 pages, ISBN 3-961-88003-4 .
- HG Wells: The Invisible Man . Novel. German by Ailin Konrad. Nikol Verlag, Hamburg 2017, 216 pages, ISBN 978-3-86820-392-9 .
- HG Wells: The Invisible One . Novel. German by Brigitte Reiffenstein and Alfred Winternitz. dtv, Munich 2004, 224 pages, ISBN 3-423-13175-6 .
- HG Wells: The Invisible One . Novel. German by Alfred Winternitz and Claudia Schmölders. Diogenes Verlag, Zurich 1974, 158 pages, ISBN 3-257-20129-X .
literature
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Popshot: Oliver Döring - The Invisible (radio play after HG Wells). Retrieved December 16, 2019 .