Kronos (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Kronos |
| Original title | Kronos |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Neumann |
| script | Lawrence L. Goldman based on a novella by Irving Block |
| production | Irving Block, Louis DeWitt , Kurt Neumann, Jack Rabin for Regal Films |
| music | Paul Sawtell , Bert Shefter |
| camera | Karl Struss |
| cut | Jodie Copelan |
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Kronos is an American science fiction film from 1957 in widescreen format directed by Kurt Neumann , that was shot in two weeks in January 1957. The distribution took place through the 20th Century Fox . The film was never shown in Germany, not even on television.
action
At the Central Labs research facility, scientists watch an asteroid approach the earth. McCrary's pick-up suddenly stops by itself on a country road . When he gets out to find out why the car has failed, he is taken over by an alien force coming from the asteroid that has landed.
McCrary drives to Central Labs, knocks down the security guard there and breaks into the main building. When he meets a leading scientist, the alien force leaves the driver, who collapses dead, and takes over the scientist. This shoots three nuclear missiles at the alleged asteroid, whereupon it crashes into the Pacific near the Mexican- American border. The scientist is found by work colleagues and transferred to an infirmary.
Dr. Central Lab's Leslie Gaskell and his girlfriend, photographer Vera Hunter, rush to the asteroid's crash site with another scientist. When they see a huge UFO , apparently the observed object that was mistaken for an asteroid, emerge, they flee back to their accommodation. When they get up the next morning, there is a skyscraper- high structure with four pillars and two antennas on the beach . With the help of a helicopter they get on the "head" of the apparent machine, but cannot investigate it further and have to flee because it appears to have been activated.
Controlled by the acquired scientist at Central Labs, the machine, which is now named after the Greek god Kronos , starts moving and sucks energy from Mexican power plants . An attempt by the Mexican Air Force , Kronos to stop fails, the aircraft crash. At a moment when the acquired scientist succeeds in regaining consciousness, he explains the function of Kronos to his colleagues . It is an energy accumulator provided by extraterrestrial life form on Earth was sent to all energy to steal the planet to them on the home planet to use. The aliens have used up their own energy supplies.
An attempt by the US Air Force , Kronos of using B-47 bomber and a nuclear bomb to destroy, not only fails, but only strengthens the immune system of the machine. When she marches on Los Angeles , the scientists come up with the idea to save them. They manage to reverse the polarity of the machine so that Kronos is forced to feed himself with energy until he finally implodes .
criticism
“I have never been able to understand why KRONOS splits people in two distinct camps: those who like it and those who detest it… Irving Block's story is unusual and imaginative, and has about three times as many fantastic elements as most pictures of its ilk … It's a shame the picture didn't have a larger budget and a more imaginative director… KRONOS had the potential to be a classic of special effects spectacle. "
literature
- Bill Warren : Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties , Jefferson, NC / London (Mc Farland & Company, Inc., Publishers) 2010. ISBN 978-0-7864-4230-0
Web links
- Kronos in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Full film version at youtube.com