A rift in the world
| Movie | |
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| German title | A rift in the world |
| Original title | Crack in the World |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andrew Marton |
| script |
Jon Manchip White , Julian Halevy |
| production | Bernard Glasser |
| music | Johnny Douglas |
| camera | Manuel Berenguer |
| cut | Derek Parsons |
| occupation | |
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Crack in the World is an American science fiction film directed by Andrew Marton from the year 1965 . At the heart of the film is an experiment by a scientist who gets out of control and threatens to plunge the earth into an apocalyptic catastrophe.
Although the film is one of the rather unknown by director Marton, it impressed with its technical trick effects, which were sometimes spectacular for the time. The location of the film was Spain. It premiered in German cinemas on May 7, 1965.
action
Against the resistance of his colleague Ted Rampion, the scientist Stephen Sorenson plans to tap the magma of the earth's core by means of a nuclear explosion in order to tap it as a source of energy for mankind. Sorenson, who is terminally ill at this point, does not allow himself to be dissuaded from his plan.
After the atomic bomb is detonated, it turns out that several earthquakes near the Great Pacific Trench resulted from Sorenson's attempt. Rampion discovers a crack in the earth's crust that continues to spread. If the rift cannot be stopped, there is a risk that the earth will break in two. He tries to stop the crack from spreading by dropping a bomb near the danger center. The crack cannot be stopped by the explosion, it only changes its direction and runs back again. As a result of the detonation, part of the earth's interior is thrown into space, and the earth suddenly has a second moon .
While Rampion and Sorenson's wife Maggie survive the final inferno, Sorenson is killed in his laboratory.
Reviews
Film critics came to an ambiguous verdict. On the one hand, the extraordinary technical tricks were praised, but the acting was criticized.
“The adventure is staged with enormous technical effort and masterful tricks. The apocalyptic horror images of the end of the world are of the highest possible realism (film service) "
“That is partly done terrific and reaches - especially in the final part - the perfection of the best science fiction films. Nothing seems primitive, and even the creation of a new celestial body succeeded the trick man Eugene Lourie ... Unfortunately, the other side of the coin does not match that in any way ... The conflicts remain pale, not resolved, let alone somehow resolved ... The triangular relationship is by no means credible and certainly not impressively portrayed ... (close to a kitsch novel ...) (film observer) "
"Hanebuchen story, but good trick effects"
Web links
- Crack in the World in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Science Fiction Films. 720 films from 1902 to 1983 (= Heyne-Buch; 01/7236). Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-453-01901-6 , p. 117.
- ↑ A rift in the world at cinema.de