Die letzten Fünf (1951)
9KDie letzten Fünf: Directed by Arch Oboler. With William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubes, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin. The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.
“My first and only viewing of this film was over 25 years ago on New Yorku0026#39;s old Million Dollar Movie channel 9. Its theme of how the human race almost put an end to itself was presented in a very simple, bleak and thought provoking manner by its director Arch Obelor. I often remember that movie as my first and most impressionable u0026quot;end of mankindu0026quot; movies. It was made on a shoestring budget, with unknown actors and yet I consider it the most powerful film of that genre. I have not seen it on television since and cannot find it on video. I still can envision that night as a young teen, after having viewed that movie, thinking of our world, our future and what humankind is capable of. Wherever a print of that film is, I wish our present generation could view it as food for thought. Thank-you for allowing me to express my opinions on a forgotten u0026quot;littleu0026quot; film.”
