The first trip to the moon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The first trip to the moon |
| Original title | First Men in the Moon |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nathan Juran |
| script |
Nigel Kneale , Jan Read |
| production | Charles H. Schneer |
| music | Laurie Johnson |
| camera | Wilkie Cooper |
| cut | Maurice Rootes |
| occupation | |
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The first trip to the moon (original title: First Men in the Moon ) is a British H. G. Wells film adaptation by Nathan Juran from 1964.
action
Three astronauts - an American, a Russian and a British - are the first people to land on the moon . But to their astonishment they discover a British flag and a document from 1899. The UN is looking for Arnold Bedford, whose name was on the document. The UNO find the man in an old people's home in England. He is thought to be crazy because of his trip to the moon stories.
This time he tells the story to the officials: The writer Arnold Bedford moves into a relative's house with his fiancée Kate. The two get to know Professor Joseph Cavor. Arnold and Joseph become friends and now begin to research together. The professor has discovered an element that cancels gravity . Covered with a kind of ointment, every object can now overcome gravity. He has also designed a capsule that will take him to the moon. The indebted Arnold wants to accompany the professor. Kate gets caught in the capsule just before the start and is involuntarily involved. Take-off, flight and landing run without any problems. On the moon they discover a highly developed insect-like species, the selenites. In the professor, the urge to research reawakens, while Arnold feels threatened and tries to arm himself. Arnold and Kate can finally leave the moon, the professor stays behind voluntarily.
The astronauts now discover another surprise on the moon. The underground vaults collapse upon entering. The astronauts can barely save themselves. The selenites fell victim to the viruses that the professor brought with him with a cold.
background
Peter Finch made an unnamed guest appearance . When visiting the filming, he jumped in for an actor who was unable to attend. Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the special effects, and he added the stop-motion elements to the film after the shooting. The special effects were advertised with Dynamation. It was his only Panavision widescreen film and his second science fiction film after Flying Saucers Attack . Harryhausen wanted to film War of the Worlds by HG Wells earlier , but couldn't find any sponsors.
The film premiered in Great Britain in July 1964. In Germany it was released in cinemas on December 11, 1964, in Austria in January 1965. Columbia Pictures then ended the collaboration with Harryhausen, which had existed since 1955. The four productions from 1960 onwards offered good special effects, but were not box office hits.
Reviews
“The fantastic story of a flight on the moon in 1899, based on a novel by HG Wells, staged with a humorous touch”, said the lexicon of international films . The film is by and large "[p] assable entertainment". For the Protestant film observer , the science fiction film was "nice, humorous, well-groomed, but uselessly loaded with a problem (ethical behavior of earth and moon dwellers) that was by no means dealt with".
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1964 by Elite Film Franz Schroeder GmbH Berlin under the dubbing direction and based on the dialogue book by Peter Elsholtz .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold Bedford | Edward Judd | Michael Chevalier |
| Kate | Martha Hyer | Ingeborg Wellmann |
| Prof. Cavor | Lionel Jeffries | Klaus W. Krause |
| Dymschurch | Miles Malleson | Martin Hirthe |
| Stuart | Norman Bird | Joachim Pukass |
| nurse | Gladys Henson | Agnes Windeck |
literature
- HG Wells : The first people on the moon . (Original title: The First Men in the Moon ). German by Werner von Grünau. Complete edition. dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag), Munich 1996, 319 pages, ISBN 3-423-12237-4 .
Web links
- First Men in the Moon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- First Men in the Moon at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The first trip to the moon on harryhausen.de
- The first trip to the moon on monstrula.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The first trip to the moon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Critique No. 165/1965.
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de