The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Directed by

Ranald MacDougall

Genre

disaster film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up to find that a strange phenomenon has killed almost everyone on Earth. He wanders a deserted New York City, alone except for the few other survivors he eventually encounters.

lonelycontemplativeeerieslow-pacedominoussomberbleaksuspenseful

What happens

The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 American science fiction doomsday film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall. The film stars Harry Belafonte, who was then at the peak of his film career. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world with very few human survivors. It is based on two sources: the 1901 novel The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel and the story "End of the World" by Ferdinand Reyher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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