Original title: On the Beach
Year: 1959
Country: USA
Region Code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5035673015728
Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: PG
Genre: Science Fiction
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins, Ava Gardner, Donna Anderson
Director: Stanley Kramer
Synopsis:
Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. Only Australia has been spared, but it's only a matter of time before everyone Down Under also succumbs to radiation poisoning.
With only a short time left on earth, the Australian population reacts in different ways: some go on a nonstop binge of revelry, while others eagerly consume the suicide pills being issued by the government. When the possibility arises that rains have washed the atmosphere clean in the Northern hemisphere, a submarine commander (Gregory Peck) and his men head to San Diego, where faint radio signals have been emanating. The movie's all-star cast also includes Ava Gardner as Peck’s emotionally disturbed lover, Fred Astaire as a guilt-wracked nuclear scientist, and Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson as young parents facing a terrible decision
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