Yeti, the snowman

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Movie
German title Yeti, the snowman
Original title The Abominable Snowman
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1957
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Val Guest
script Nigel Kneale
production Aubrey Baring
music Humphrey Searle
camera Arthur Grant
cut Bill Lenny
occupation

Yeti the Snowman is a British adventure film directed by Val Guest from 1957. The screenplay is based on the screenplay for the television mini-series The Creature , written by Nigel Kneale for the BBC . The German premiere was on March 7, 1958.

action

Footprints are found in the Himalayas, suggesting the existence of mysterious mountain dwellers. The botanist Dr. Rollason and his wife Helen research plants in the Himalayas. The two have set up their headquarters in a Buddhist monastery.

Dr. Rollason is expecting an expedition led by Dr. Friend to look for the legendary Yeti in the mountains . Five of them set out, but the ascent is difficult. McNee steps into a bear trap designed for the Yeti. At night a snowman comes into the camp, whom they kill with a rifle. But Dr. Friend not only has scientific goals, he wants to catch a Yeti alive out of greed for profit and uses the dead as bait.

The snow people, actually peace-loving creatures, defend themselves and drive the expedition participants mad and into death. Only Dr. Rollason and his wife can return.

Reviews

“Naive horror adventure. Hanebuchen nonsense, which at best gives rise to unwanted comedy. "

- Lexicon of international film

“It is up to him (Dr. Rollason) to immediately forget what he has experienced. In this respect, his fate resembles that of the film. "

- Quote from the film service in the lexicon of science fiction films

"A well-rounded, extremely fun genre work with dark undertones and, as always, Peter Cushing who acts with body and soul."

- Thomas Groh in the internet portal filmtagebuch

“Even if the overall pace is leisurely and the film cannot of course deny its age of more than 50 years, one is happy to embark on this adventure, which is formulated in the best possible way. The actors are passionate about their work, and especially Peter Cushing, who looks unusually young here, is the first to play a role with flying colors that he will play several times over the next few years. Quite a few "side drama" such as the photographer in the team who failed due to poor constitution and interesting figures in the second row such as the lama, who plays the role of the warning oracle, or Helen, who was unusually self-confident and initiative for the image of women at the time, contribute to to make this early hammer work a spectacular classic. "

- Echolog.de

background

  • The costumes were made by Beatrice Dawson, who received an Oscar nomination the previous year for her work on Mr. Pickwick ( The Pickwick Papers ).
  • The Hammer production was filmed at Pinewood Studios and in the French Pyrenees.
  • The original English title is literally translated: The abominable snowman.
  • In 1977 Frank Kramer directed an Italian horror film with the same title Yeti - The Snow Man .
  • Robert Brown later became best known for starring as M in the James Bond films.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yeti, the snowman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Lexicon of science fiction films - by Ronald M. Hahn and Volker Jansen - Heyne Verlag Munich, 1997 - ISBN 3-453-11860-X .
  3. ↑ filmtagebuch.blogger.de
  4. ↑ film tips on echolog.de