Five

original title:
Five
country / year of production:
USA / 1951
original length:
93 min. , black/white
premiere:
25 april 1951
genre:
Thriller
based on:
director:
Arch Oboler
film script:
Arch Oboler
producer:
Arch Oboler
cinematographer:
Sid Lubow , Louis Clyde Stoumen
editor:
John Hoffmann
composer:
Charles Maxwell
cast (role):
William Phipps (Michael) , Susan Douglas Rubes (Roseanne Rogers) , James Anderson (Eric) , Charles Lampkin (Charles) , Earl Lee (Mr Barnstaple) , William Phipps , Susan Douglas Rubes , Earl Lee , Charles Lampkin , James Anderson
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plot synopsis:
Only five people miraculously survive the nuclear apocalypse. All five of them, a pregnant woman, a soldier, a portier, a banker and a poet, meet in house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and discuss philosophical questions. In the end, only the poet and the pregnant woman survive as the new Adam and Eve.
keywords:
atomic bomb , biochemical weapons , fascism , black and white film
war:
fictious war
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