Amphibian Man (1961)
- Original title
- Человек-амфибия
- Directed by
- Gennady Kazansky, Vladimir Chebotaryov
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, science fiction film, romance film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 91 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man surgically altered to breathe underwater falls in love with a woman on land. He navigates between his ocean home and human society, facing conflict from those who want to exploit him.
romanticwhimsicalmelancholicdreamlikeadventurousvisually lushtenderbittersweet
What happens
Amphibian Man (Russian: Человек-амфибия, translit. Chelovek-amfibiya) is a 1962 Soviet science fiction romance film starring Vladimir Korenev and directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky. The film stars Vladimir Korenev and Anastasiya Vertinskaya in the lead roles. The plot is based upon the eponymous 1928 novel by Alexander Beliaev. It focuses on a youth named Ichthyander (Russian: Ихтиандр, Ichtiandr) (from Greek: fish+man) who was surgically altered to survive under the sea. It was given the name of Tarzan des Mers before the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs took exception. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1962, with 65.5 million admissions during its initial run that year. It later sold up to 100 million admissions including re-runs, the highest for a Soviet film up until The Red Snowball Tree (1974). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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