When Worlds Collide (1951)

Directed by

Rudolph Maté

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film, horror film, action film, adventure film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 206 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is about a group of people trying to build a spaceship to escape Earth before a rogue star destroys the planet. They must overcome limited time and resources to save a few individuals.

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What happens

When Worlds Collide is a 1951 American science fiction disaster film released by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by George Pal, directed by Rudolph Maté, and stars Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, and John Hoyt. The film is based on the 1933 science fiction novel of the same name, co-written by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. The film's storyline concerns the coming destruction of the Earth by a rogue star called Bellus and the desperate efforts to build a space ark to transport a group of men and women to Bellus' single planet, Zyra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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