Planet der Affen (1968)

Planet der Affen: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans. An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

“No one I know under 40 had seen this film, though we all joked about it as being a stereotypical u0026quot;badu0026quot; film based on rumors. the title, and clips seen here and there. Finally one weekend when I was working until 2:00 a.m. I went home and there was a sequel on late night TV, during the 30 year Planet of the Apes marathon. It made me curious about the original and I tracked it down. I have to say it blew me away!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is philosophical, creative, absorbing and scary. Excellent commentary on religion and just about everything else. I strongly recommend to anyone who has not seen it. So far I havenu0026#39;t even been able to convince my friends to see it because there seems to be such a strong prejudice against it and some sort of entrenched belief it must be bad; in fact it is one of the finest films Iu0026#39;ve seen and I can see why it is a classic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you enjoy films that make you think you simply canu0026#39;t dislike Planet of the Apes.”