Planet of horror
| Movie | |
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| German title | Planet of Horror (movie title) The Cursed Planet (TV title) |
| Original title | World Without End |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 81 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Edward Bernds |
| script | Edward Bernds |
| production | Richard V. Heermance |
| music | Leith Stevens |
| camera | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| cut | Eda Warren |
| occupation | |
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Planet des horror (alternative title: The cursed planet , original title: World Without End ) is an American science fiction film directed by Edward Bernds from 1956 with Hugh Marlowe , Nancy Gates , Nelson Leigh and Rod Taylor in the lead roles. The film was produced by Allied Artists based on a story by Edward Bernds.
action
The year is 1957: Commandant Dr. Eldon Galbraithe, engineer Henry Jaffee, radio operator Herbert Ellis and scientist John Borden return to Earth from their Mars mission when their spaceship suddenly accelerates to an unbelievable speed.
The spaceship with the unconscious crew on board lands on a snow-covered mountain. As one dares to leave the spaceship, the men discover that they have fallen victim to time dilation and that they are now in the future of the earth. When they discover gravestones and increased residual radiation, they suspect that a devastating nuclear war must have taken place in the past. Jaffe is particularly emotionally affected when he realizes that his wife and children have long since passed away.
After surviving an ambush by some mutated giant spiders that populate the area, they are also attacked by some primitive, one-eyed and violent mutants, the current inhabitants of the earth. The group seeks protection from the mutants in a cave. There the four men discover the entrance to an underground city, the inhabitants of which are descendants of the people who took shelter there before the nuclear war. These people live in a demanding high-tech culture. They are a peaceful group led by a person named Timmek who is also the President of the Governing Council. The adult men who live there are weak and sterile, while the women have remained physically vital and receptive to romance. The astronauts try to convince people to arm themselves and fight their way back to the surface, but they refuse. They are satisfied with their current existence.
When Timmek's daughter is attracted to John Borden, Moriès, a member of the council, becomes jealous. Moriès plans an intrigue and tries to blame one of the newcomers for a murder that he himself carried out by hiding the murder weapon in the astronauts' quarters, but Deena has seen Moriès hide the weapons there. Moriès flees in a panic to the surface, where he is killed by the mutants.
Timmek is now ready to work together. The astronauts , meanwhile, have made a weapon to recapture the surface of the planet. The mutants flee from the new weapon and hide in the caves. Borden offers to fight Naga, the chief of the mutants, to save the inhabitants. Borden kills Naga in a duel, and the remaining mutants leave the area. The astronauts soon established a new, flourishing settlement with members of both groups.
Production notes
The buildings were created by Dave Milton. Joseph Kish was in charge of the set design . The special effects are from Irving Block, Jack Rabin and Milt Rice. Sound engineers were Del Harris and Ralph Butler. Emile LaVigne was responsible as a makeup artist. Allen K. Wood was the production manager. The film was set in Chatsworth , Los Angeles , California in the United States .
World premieres
- USA: March 25, 1956
- Germany: August 21, 1959
Reviews
“A spaceship with four scholars returns after 500 years to an earth populated by beasts and in 2508 has to endure hair-raising adventures with fur-clad monsters. A comparatively entertaining science fiction film with some borrowing from horror elements, which admittedly creates an extremely naive vision of the future with its ghost train-like effects. (TV title: The Cursed Planet ")" "
“First of all, the film conveys a very clear picture of gender roles, which is likely to find comparatively few followers these days. [...] In addition, the film is shaped by a colonialist way of thinking. The civilized peoples have to rule over the primitive peoples. It is the right and even the duty of the civilized to subdue the primitive peoples and bring them culture. After this worldview has already shaped half of the film, it becomes clear again in a quote from the final scene [...]: "This is one of your miracles: The children of the wild learn our language so that they can work with us". Not only is it absurd for the civilized to learn the language of the savage. The cultural assimilation of the savages is necessary so that they can "WORK with" them (everyone should decide whether there is a "for"). "
literature
- World Without End in: M. Keith Booker : From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film. Greenwood, Westport 2007, ISBN 978-0-275-99122-7 , page 99.
Web links
- Planet of horror in the Internet Movie Database (English)