The 27th Day
LFŠ 2018 / William Asher / USA 1957 / 75 min. / Blu-ray
In this B-movie sci-fi about saving the planet Earth, dense with the atmosphere of the Cold War, Jiří Voskovec plays the key role of a German professor who is abducted by aliens and becomes one of the five people who are given a mysterious weapon of mass destruction. He has 27 days to solve its secret.
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Directed by:
William Asher
Screenplay:
John Mantley
Photography:
Henry Freulich
Music:
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cast:
Gene Barry (Jonathan Clark), Valerie Frenchová (Eve Wingateová), Jiří Voskovec (profesor Klaus Bechner), Arnold Moss (mimozemšťan), Stefan Schnabel (sovětský generál), Friedrich von Ledebur (doktor Karl Neuhaus)