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Zwei gewaltige Asteroiden rasen auf die Erde zu. Der zweite wird den Planeten zerstören. Mit einer speziell gebauten Rakete, sollen ausgewählte Menschen auf einen anderen Planeten evakuiert ... Alles lesenZwei gewaltige Asteroiden rasen auf die Erde zu. Der zweite wird den Planeten zerstören. Mit einer speziell gebauten Rakete, sollen ausgewählte Menschen auf einen anderen Planeten evakuiert werden. Doch die Zeit drängt.Zwei gewaltige Asteroiden rasen auf die Erde zu. Der zweite wird den Planeten zerstören. Mit einer speziell gebauten Rakete, sollen ausgewählte Menschen auf einen anderen Planeten evakuiert werden. Doch die Zeit drängt.
- Regie
- Drehbuch
- Hauptbesetzung
- 1 Oscar gewonnen
- 2 Gewinne & 1 Nominierung insgesamt
Peter Hansen
- Dr. Tony Drake
- (as Peter Hanson)
Rachel Ames
- Julie Cummings
- (as Judith Ames)
Kirk Alyn
- Rioter Bringing Guns
- (Nicht genannt)
Gertrude Astor
- Traveler
- (Nicht genannt)
Mary Bayless
- Club Patron
- (Nicht genannt)
Nina Borget
- Translator
- (Nicht genannt)
Steve Carruthers
- Delegate
- (Nicht genannt)
Robert Chapman
- Student
- (Nicht genannt)
Gene Collins
- Newsdealer
- (Nicht genannt)
James Congdon
- Eddie Garson
- (Nicht genannt)
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Loved this movie!......remember, this was 1951 so don't expect the computer generated special effects that we enjoy today. The roller coaster rocket ship take-off is like something from a comic book but, again, remember when this was made.....who knew about rockets to outer space? Richard Derr, whoever he was, is OK in the lead but seems a little bit laid back for someone who knows the world is going to end with a bang. In fact, most of the cast, seems rather off-hand until the very end when the chips are down and decisions are being made as to who lives and who gets to stay for the big one. There are a lot of familar faces (except for Derr) in this movie although they are mostly second leads and not "stars". Look for some walk-ons from actors on their way down and on their way up......John Ridgely who was a staple in WWII films, Kirk Alyn, Superman from the old serials, and Stuart Whitman who would go on to play some decent roles in the 60's and 70's. This film may not be "Independence Day", but it is the best of the early doomsday/futuristic movies of the time.
When I was younger, this was one science fiction film that definitely made an impression on me. This was one of those where I actually was scared that one day my world would come to an end. However, as I got older I realized that this was just a movie, but still it is one of the best genre films of its era. Sure, it has its flaws (especially the painted background at the end), but still it is a film that was a product of its time and it will always be one of my favorites.
"When Worlds Collide" was one of the first of the Sci-Fi films that ruled the 1950s. Plus,it was in color. The movie was based on the novel of the same name and if I remember correctly, there were two books-part one(which the movie is based on) and part two which describes life on the new planet. An astronomer sees a new sun and planet coming right toward earth and we have less than one year before the new sun collides with us. At first, no one believes him. After a short period of time, several countries build rockets to bring a handful of survivors to the new planet. The interior of the rocket is pretty lame by today's standards but the outside is cool-looking. The paintings are OK but the one at the very end of the film is quite obvious.The acting is good, the plot is terrific and there is a good balance of action and drama. This is a nice film to watch.
This movie rocks!
Okay, I know it's dated. know what?? I Don't care! This kind of movie making would put half the people in Hollywood out of work today. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. They did it right in the early days. They had their priorities right:
Story first
Then characters
Then Special effects
Seems simple, doesn't it? How come they can't get it right today? (with few exceptions, of course). Nope, today it's Special effects, stars, then story.... in fact, even the stories aren't original!!!
This sums up why I like this movie so much and many like it from the same era. They're exciting, fun, and captivating. The kind of movie that leaves you thinking, dreaming, having nightmares, all in the name of fun. You're left dreaming of what it would be like, how you'd react, what you'd do. You'd sit and ponder about a new life on a new planet. And not once would the level of special effects tarnish your view of this gem.
When was the last time you felt that way coming out of a modern movie? My guess is a lonnnnnng time. There are very few exceptions today. The special effects in movies like "Worlds" was icing on the cake... BUT IT WAS THE CAKE THAT MATTERED! Today, it's all icing and the cake can't support it (crappy icing, in fact!!)
Eat your cake and have it too! Watch "When Worlds Collide"!
Okay, I know it's dated. know what?? I Don't care! This kind of movie making would put half the people in Hollywood out of work today. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. They did it right in the early days. They had their priorities right:
Story first
Then characters
Then Special effects
Seems simple, doesn't it? How come they can't get it right today? (with few exceptions, of course). Nope, today it's Special effects, stars, then story.... in fact, even the stories aren't original!!!
This sums up why I like this movie so much and many like it from the same era. They're exciting, fun, and captivating. The kind of movie that leaves you thinking, dreaming, having nightmares, all in the name of fun. You're left dreaming of what it would be like, how you'd react, what you'd do. You'd sit and ponder about a new life on a new planet. And not once would the level of special effects tarnish your view of this gem.
When was the last time you felt that way coming out of a modern movie? My guess is a lonnnnnng time. There are very few exceptions today. The special effects in movies like "Worlds" was icing on the cake... BUT IT WAS THE CAKE THAT MATTERED! Today, it's all icing and the cake can't support it (crappy icing, in fact!!)
Eat your cake and have it too! Watch "When Worlds Collide"!
...I remember rushing in from playing football in the street to watch the world ending on our little b&W TV. I remember thinking what I would do in that situation? I had nightmares for days after especially about the image of Bellus swallowing the world. Wasn't Bellus a star? Coz Zyra, the planet, sailed past days before causing earthquakes and loads of nasty stuff. It doesn't matter about effects (1951? This was top notch!) but what does matter is that you cared about the characters; the desolation when one engineer gives up his seat because his girl friend wasn't lucky enough to draw a place and was willing to meet his fate with his loved one by his side... THAT'S romance! And that ski-jump take off... and that rocket!!!! It's definitely one of the best of it's genre and everyone else is right.. the recent batch of similar films aren't a patch on this. Remember characterization, chaps! Enjoy...
Wusstest du schon
- WissenswertesScreenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin saw this film as a ten-year-old, and has cited it as "the beginning of the emergence of philosophy" in his life. In The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (2007), he explains that right after he and a boyhood friend saw the film, they spent hours discussing the end of the world. Rubin mentions this memory while explaining that Steven Spielberg approached him to do the screenplay for a remake of "When Worlds Collide," and that it eventually evolved into Deep Impact (1998), with Rubin credited as one of its two writers.
- PatzerThroughout the film, Bellus is referred to as a star; this is presumably how life is able to be sustained on Zyra. However, if this was the case, Earth would have been destroyed from the heat long before Bellus collided with it, even if it was a small brown-dwarf star. Also, departure should have been at least 17 days earlier, before descending deep into Bellus' gravity well and needing far more fuel. This part of the plot, and the time to build the ship, could have been resolved by sticking to the novel's pair of planets and a longer time frame - Zyra and Bellus both passing by with Bellus, a gas giant planet, ripping up Earth's surface, then returning months later for Bellus' direct collision with Earth, as Zyra enters orbit around the sun.
- Zitate
Sydney Stanton: Your salvation doesn't interest me; mine does.
- VerbindungenEdited from Piraten in Alaska (1938)
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- Calabasas, Kalifornien, USA(Rocket Ship Campsite)
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- 936.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 23 Minuten
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By what name was Der jüngste Tag (1951) officially released in India in English?
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