Le monde, la chair et le diable

Original title: The World, the Flesh and the Devil

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.7K

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Harry Belafonte, Mel Ferrer, and Inger Stevens in Le monde, la chair et le diable (1959)

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Dystopian Sci-Fi Psychological Drama Drama Romance Sci-Fi

A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors.A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors.A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
To film the striking images of a deserted New York City, the cast and crew had to start filming at dawn in order to capture the city before the early morning rush. This gave them no more than an hour or two per day in which to film the sequence.

Goofs
There are no bodies, With 8 million people in NYC, there is not one dead body seen anywhere.

Quotes
Benson Thacker: I have nothing against negroes, Ralph.
Ralph Burton: That's white of you.

Crazy credits
As the film's final credits cut-in, the film states "The Beginning" rather than "The End."

Connections
Featured in Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)

Soundtracks
I Don't Like It Here
(uncredited)
Written by Harry Belafonte and Ranald MacDougall
Sung by Harry Belafonte

User reviews65

Featured review

7/10

Compelling and illogical, a guilty pleasure

Like a trashy coffee table book you just can't put down. Hard to say why, but I keep going back and watching this film again and again. The irresistible notion of a single man roaming the empty streets of the big city, holds my attention every time. However, the execution of such a powerful idea gets muddled in this particular telling. For example, the city is clean -- there are no dead bodies, and any force powerful enough to disintegrate the bodies would have left traces, of which there are none. Despite the significant problems I had with this picture, I rushed out to buy the DVD first chance I got. And I bought Miklos Rozsa's score, too.