Emergency landing in space
| Movie | |
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| German title | Emergency landing in space (cinema title) Robinson Crusoe on Mars (TV title) Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Blu-ray title) |
| Original title | Robinson Crusoe on Mars |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Byron Haskin |
| script |
Ib Melchior John C. Higgins |
| production |
Aubrey Schenck Edwin F. Zabel |
| music | Nathan Van Cleave |
| camera | Winton C. High |
| cut | Terry O. Morse |
| occupation | |
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Emergency landing in space (alternative title: Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe on Mars , original title: Robinson Crusoe on Mars ) is an American science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin from 1964 with Paul Mantee , Victor Lundin and Adam West in the lead roles. The film is based on motifs from the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe .
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The spaceship of the astronauts Draper and McReady collides with a swarm of meteorites . The two and the experimental monkey Mona have to leave the ship and land separately on Mars . Draper manages to find shelter in a cave with a supply of water and oxygen and some technical equipment. He builds a makeshift camp there and manages to light a fire before he threatens to freeze to death. Since there is insufficient oxygen in the atmosphere on Mars , Draper has to inhale oxygen regularly to avoid suffocating. He also builds an alarm system so that he doesn't suffocate in his sleep.
The next day he goes looking for McReady, whom he also finds. McReady did not survive the landing, but the spider monkey Mona is still alive and accompanies Draper from now on. Draper returns to his camp frustrated. Shortly before he finally runs out of oxygen, he discovers that a porous rock that he has found in large quantities contains oxygen that he can use for himself. During his daily exploration tours, he discovers a skeleton of an apparently murdered person. He is also trying to land the spaceship, which is still in orbit, by remote control in order to access the supplies on board. However, since the fuel has been used up, all attempts fail. In the event of a collapse, Draper finds an underground water source and edible roots that ensure his and Mona's survival. His biggest problem now is loneliness, which is slowly driving him crazy; he even thinks he sees the dead McReady in his cave.
After Draper has detonated his spaceship, which is still orbiting Mars, by remote control, an alien spaceship appears and attacks Draper. He can film the events and also meets a mute stranger with whom he can escape to his camp. Based on the footage, he finds out that the stranger had to serve the aliens as a slave. When the alien spaceships reappear, they attack Draper's camp in the cave, but disappear again without causing much damage.
Draper tries to teach the stranger his language and, in reference to Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe , baptizes him with the name "Friday". He also learns that Freitag has oxygen pills that allow him to breathe on Mars, which he is now sharing with Draper. The two investigate the camp in which Friday was held, but only find the bodies of the other slaves there; the alien slave drivers have disappeared. Draper is buried in an ash rain and saved by Friday. Draper then puts aside his distrust of the stranger. He learns from him that he comes from Orion's belt . The other aliens can track him down with the help of his bracelets and cause him pain.
If there is another attack, Draper and Friday have to flee to the underground caves, the channels of Mars. Since Friday is still wearing the bangles, the aliens find them there too. Draper is able to free one of the arm rings on Friday, and both penetrate deeper into the Martian channels , which are filled with hot magma . When both of them run out of water, they must return to the surface, where they will be attacked again, as they make their way to the ice-covered polar cap of Mars to remedy the drought; In addition, the oxygen pills are also running out.
Mona finds a water source and uses it to temporarily save Draper and Friday. At the cold pole, however, the two threaten to freeze to death, and the oxygen problem has not yet been solved either. While Draper was able to remove the second fetter on Friday, a meteorite impact occurred, which caused the polar cap to melt. Shortly thereafter, Draper receives a signal from a spaceship from Earth that will ultimately save Friday and him.
Production notes
The buildings were created by Arthur Lonergan , Albert Nozaki and Hal Pereira . The visual effects are by Farciot Edouart and Albert Whitlock , the special effects by Lawrence W. Butler . The sound was done by Harold Lewis and John Wilkinson. Bud Bashaw Junior and Wally Westmore were the make-up artists, Fred Steiner was the musical director . The film was shot in Death Valley National Park , California , USA.
Emergency landing in space started in German cinemas on September 24, 1964 . A carefully restored version of the science fiction classic based on motifs by Daniel Defoe was produced in the USA by The Criterion Collection in 2007 and published on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Reviews
"This clever drivel follows Daniel Dafoe's famous story with old-fashioned accuracy [...] Transferred into space, one has to attest to a fresh and unexpected goodness, especially when the planetary circumstances are mastered with sparkling ingenuity."
"Intelligent and original science fiction."
“Fantastic adventures of an American rocket pilot on Mars. Science fiction variant of the Robinson Crusoe "motif."
Publications
Nathan Van Cleave's film music for an emergency landing in space was released in March 2011 on CD under the original title Robinson Crusoe on Mars on the label FSM Records.
In 2012 both a German DVD and a Blu-ray were released under the title Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe on Mars .
literature
- Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen : Lexicon of Science Fiction Films - 1500 films from 1902 to today. 5th edition. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-00731-X , pp. 573-574
- Georg Seeßlen , Fernand Jung: Science Fiction: History and Mythology of Science Fiction Films. Volume 2, Schüren Presseverlag, 2003, page 709
Web links
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars on Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Emergency landing in space in the Lexicon of International Films .
- ^ The New York Times, quoted from: Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen: Lexikon des Science Fiction Films - 1500 films from 1902 to today. 5th edition. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-00731-X , pp. 573-574.
- ↑ Steven H. Scheuer (Ed.): Movies on TV, quoted from: Ronald M. Hahn, Volker Jansen: Lexikon des Science Fiction Films - 1500 films from 1902 to today. 5th edition. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-00731-X , pp. 573-574.