The last five
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The last five |
| Original title | Five |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK Unknown |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arch Oboler |
| script | Arch Oboler |
| production | Arch Oboler |
| music | Henry Russell |
| camera | Sid Lubow , Louis Clyde Stoumen |
| cut | John Hoffman |
| occupation | |
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The Last Five ( English : Five ) is an American science fiction film by Arch Oboler , which is set after the nuclear holocaust . The world premiere took place on April 22, 1951. It was the first feature film to focus on survival after an earthly nuclear war . The (West) German premiere took place in 1952.
action
After the nuclear war, there are only five survivors in an unspecified US city: Michael, the pregnant Roseanne, the racist Eric, the black doorman Charles and the bank clerk Mr. Barnstaple. Barnstaple is completely confused by shock and dies from a high dose of ionizing radiation. The remaining four survivors go to the mountains. There, Eric and Charles fall out over Roseanne, who believes her husband survived the nuclear attack. Eric kills Charles unnoticed; Eric, Michael, Roseanne and their now-born baby return to town together. Here they find the body of Roseanne's husband, whereupon Roseanne wants to return to the mountains. Eric wants to prevent this; During the argument between him and Roseanne, his shirt tears and the scars of a radiation disease become visible, whereupon Eric runs away in horror. Roseanne's baby dies, and Roseanne and Michael stay behind in town to repopulate the earth.
criticism
"American, fascist work from naive prehistory, when the world should still believe that after the atomic Holocaust there would still be the strong and the weak and that a new beginning was possible."
"Arch Oboler deserves credit for tackling a theme that was on everyone's mind in the early 1950s. Only a few other films ... tried to discuss atomic annihilation in anything like realistic terms. But because of the film's dogged gloom, mediocre acting and technical skills, as well as Oboler's windy script, FIVE remains primarily a bleak curiosity piece. "
Lore
In 2009 a DVD edition of the English original was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It is not known whether the German dubbed version still exists.
literature
- Ronald M. Hahn / Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Science Fiction Films. 720 films from 1902 to 1983 , Munich (Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) 1983, p. 264f. ISBN 3-453-01901-6
- Bill Warren: "Keep Watching the Skies!" American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties , Jefferson, NC / London (Mc Farland & Company, Inc., Publishers) 2010, p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7864-4230-0
Web links
- The last five in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Trailer on youtube.com