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The Flying Saucers (1956)

The Flying Saucers poster
Original title
Los platillos voladores
Directed by
Julián Soler
Genre
science fiction, comedy, music
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people in Mexico encounter flying saucers and soon after, strange visitors who seem to be from another world. The film mixes comedy with science fiction as the characters try to figure out what is happening.

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What happens

Platillos Voladores (Spanisch wörtlich: „Fliegende Teller“, sinngemäß „Fliegende Untertassen“) ist eine mexikanische Science-Fiction-Filmkomödie von 1956 und der erste mexikanische Science-Fiction-Film über UFOs. Auf Kuba wurde der Film unter dem Titel Llegaron los Marcianos („Die Marsianer sind angekommen“) aufgeführt. Die Uraufführung fand am 15. September 1956 statt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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