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La Guerra dei mondi

Anno di produzione: 1953

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Florence, Arizona, USA Los Angeles, California, USA Simi Valley, California, USA
Genere: Action Sci-Fi War
Lingue: English
Plot: The Martians unchain a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the major cities are destroyed one after one; even the atomic bomb can't stop them. But, if the humans can't beat them, who can? Maybe something MUCH smaller than them... Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war machines. H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The resisdents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Thier joy is tempered some what when they discover it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider it was made at the height of the Cold War - just replace Martian with Russian...
Visti censura internazionale: USA:G Finland:K-16 Sweden:15 Germany:12
Date di uscita internazionali:
Finland:6 November 1953
Sweden:9 November 1953
USA:26 August 1953
Dati tecnici:
OFM:35 mm
PCS:Spherical
PFM:35 mm
RAT:1.37 : 1
Suono:
Mono
Stereo (Western Electric Multi-Track Magnetic Stereophonic)
Durata:
Germany:82
USA:85
Movielink - film simili: sansone e dalila
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale: paramount pictures 
produzione cinematografica: paramount pictures 
produttore cinematografico: freeman jr. frank  pal george 
regista: haskin byron 
attore: barry gene  robinson ann (i)  tremayne les  cornthwaite robert  martin lewis (i)  giglio sandro  phipps william  kruschen jack  rich vernon  stevenson jr. houseley  frees paul  brandon henry  hardwicke cedric  shannon cora  vernon dorothy (i)  williams waldon  wolfe bud  zendar fred  barnell ruth  boyne hazel  codee ann  hale nancy (i)  hall virginia  hoffman gertrude  iannone patricia  jones carolyn (i)  callahan mushy  cisar george  colmans edward  conway russ  bender russ  birch paul  glass ned  adams peter (i)  alden eric  allen hugh  barrier edgar  gemora charles  graham fred (i)  hecht ted  henderson douglas  james jerry  kohler don  kreig frank  coulter martin  cressoy pierre  davies jim  dumke ralph  dundee jimmie  ferguson al  fortune dick  frazer alex  freeman jr. frank  stewart charles j.  taillon gus  thompson morton c.  van sickel dale  wahrman edward  warde anthony  richards walter  rockwell robert  sande walter  seay james  sharpe david (i)  shimada teru  lebedeff ivan  lee rudy  lusk freeman  lytton herbert  mahoney mike (i)  mansfield john (i)  marston joel  mason sydney (ii)  maxwell john (i)  mcmahon david (i)  meader bill  montgomery ralph  moore alvy  morgan bob (i)  orr stanley  pal george 
direttore della fotografia: barnes george (i) 
montaggio: douglas everett (i) 
compositori: stevens leith 
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: lyndon barré  wells h.g. 
costumi: head edith 
troupe varia: griffith gae  burbank monroe w.  graham soldier  richardson dr. robert s.  edouart farciot  bonestell chesley