Panic in year zero

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Movie
German title Panic in year zero
Original title Panic in Year Zero!
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1962
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Ray Milland
script Jay Simms
John Morton
production Lou Rusoff
Arnold Houghland
music Les Baxter
camera Gilbert Warrenton
cut Anthony Carras
William Austin
occupation

Panic in Year Zero (original Panic in Year Zero! ) Is an American science fiction film by Ray Milland from 1962. The screenplay is based on the stories of Lot and Lot's Daughter by Ward Moore . The premiere in Germany took place on April 6, 1996 on German television on Kabel 1 .

action

Harry Baldwin, his wife Ann, and children Rick and Karen go on a fishing trip. You just left Los Angeles when the city was hit by a nuclear missile. The third world war has begun. The family wants to return immediately to take the grandparents with them, but in view of the panic and chaos in the city, they decide to drive to their destination and see how things develop there. On the trip they stock up on supplies. But because Harry doesn't have enough cash with him, he wants to pay the rest by check. The shopkeeper Johnson doesn't accept checks, so they forcibly take the rest of his belongings away from him.

The Baldwins meet the three young crooks Carl, Mickey and Andy. But they can leave the three behind. The rest of the journey is horrific, but they reach their destination. The family is encamped in a cave waiting to be relocated from there. Your neighbors are shopkeepers Johnson and his wife, of all people. After a short time, the three criminals reappear and shoot the Johnsons. Another farmer couple is also shot by the three. The gang now uses their house as a shelter, but also as a prison for Marilyn, the teenage daughter of the killed farmer couple. When Mother Baldwin goes to the river with Karen to do laundry, an item of laundry drifts down the river unnoticed. The two criminals Mickey and Andy, who spot the item of laundry, track down Karen and attack her in order to assault her. However, Mother Ann manages to drive them off with a rifle and just save Karen from being raped. Harry and Rick track down the two marauders in the farmhouse and kill them. They find Marilyn and take her in. Carl is now alone and tries to get Marilyn back. While she is out with Rick to get wood, Marilyn is ambushed by Carl and threatened with a gun. Rick and Marilyn are able to fend off Carl's attack, but Rick is seriously injured in the leg while Carl is shot by Marilyn.

With the help of Marilyn, Rick is taken to Doctor Strong. Strong can only provide first aid, Rick must have an operation in an Army hospital or he will die from the injury. But the nearest hospital is more than 100 miles away. The Baldwins drive in the direction of the hospital, accompanied by Marilyn. On the way, they are suddenly stopped by several armed men. From a machine gun salvo, Harry realizes that they are soldiers, because only the military are allowed automatic weapons in the USA. After a brief meeting, the Baldwins are waved through with Marilyn so that they can reach the hospital.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a "dramatically convincing post-apocalyptic drama" .

background

The American International Pictures production was shot in California .

Ray Milland, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1946 , has worked as a director five times on feature films and nine times on TV series episodes. In the feature films he also always appeared as a leading actor. For Jean Hagen - as for Richard Garland - it was the penultimate appearance in a movie. For Neil Nephew the last, while Mary Mitchel was in a feature film for the second time.

The production team around Arnold Houghman (his only job as a producer) and Lou Rusoff was complemented by executive producers James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff . Cinematographer Gilbert Warrenton has worked on over 160 films during his career. This film is his penultimate work. The special effects are from Lawrence W. Butler, who won an Oscar in 1941 for The Thief of Baghdad .

DVD release

In 2005 AIP released the film on DVD. (ABN: B000787Y0A)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for panic in year zero . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 347 V).
  2. ↑ Panic in year zero. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used