Directed by:
Paolo HeuschScreenplay:
Sandro ContinenzaCinematography:
Mario BavaComposer:
Carlo RustichelliCast:
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Livio Lorenzon, Paul Hubschmid, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Dario Michaelis, Fiorella Mari, Gérard Landry, Shane Rimmer, Ivo Garrani (more)Plots(1)
The history-making launch of the first man into space takes an unexpected turn when Astronaut McLaren (Paul Hubschmid) is forced to eject from his ship leaving the rocket on an uncontrolled journey into the cosmos. Soon there are mysterious occurrences on Earth including a disturbing bright sphere surrounded by a halo in the sky. The renegade rocket has generated a cataclysmic chain reaction. A vast field of meteorites is hurtling on a collision course with Earth causing tidal waves and intense heat igniting a global inferno. In a desperate attempt to stop the killer-meteor bombardment the governments of the world launch their defensive atomic missiles to combat the plummeting asteroids culminating in catastrophic events that test the fate of humanity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Italy
Best movies:
The Silent Enemy (1958)
War and Peace (1956)
Amigo, Stay Away (1972)
Livio Lorenzon
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Great War (1959)
Ace High (1968)
Paul Hubschmid
Switzerland
Best movies:
Scampolo (1958)
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
Jean-Jacques Delbo
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
The Common Man (1975)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Dario Michaelis
Argentina
Best movies:
The Mattei Affair (1972)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Lust of the Vampire (1957)
Fiorella Mari
Brazil
Best movies:
A Tailor's Maid (1957)
A Woman of Evil (1954)
Mystery of the Black Jungle (1954)
Gérard Landry
Argentina
Best movies:
All the Way Trinity (1972)
The Human Beast (1938)
La marcia su Roma (1962)
Shane Rimmer
Canada
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Batman Begins (2005)
Gandhi (1982)
Ivo Garrani
Italy
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
General Della Rovere (1959)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Gianni Solaro
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
The Traffic Policeman (1960)
Madeleine Fischer
Switzerland
Best movies:
Le Amiche (1955)
Of Life and Love (1953)