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War of the Planets is a film of genre Science fiction directed by Antonio Margheriti with Tony Russel
War of the Planets (1966)
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Add to a movie listWar of the Planets (Italian: I Diafanoidi Vengono da Marte, literally "The Diaphanoids Come From Mars") is a 1965 Italian film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Tony Russel and Lisa Gastoni, released theatrically in Europe in 1966. (Russel's name is misspelled in the opening credits as "Tony Russell".) The film's story and screenplay were written by Ivan Reiner and Renato Moretti.
This is the second film in the Gamma-One series. It follows Wild, Wild Planet (aka I Criminali della Galassia ("Criminals of the Galaxy")) and precedes War Between the Planets (aka Il Pianeta Errante ("Planet on the Prowl")) and Snow Devils (aka La Morte Viene dal Pianeta Aytin ("Death Comes From The Planet Aytin")).
Synopsis
The film begins on New Year's Eve in the middle of the 21st century. After space station Alpha-Two reports impossible "negative radiation" readings and loses contact with United Democracies (U.D.) headquarters, Captain Tice and his crew are sent to investigate. They find the Alpha-Two crew immobilized, some dead, before coming under attack themselves by green glowing energy beings. The creatures immobilize Tice's team and the space station disappears entirely. On space station Gamma-One, Commander Halstead sends ships to investigate the remaining space stations and evacuates all but a skeleton crew. Meanwhile on Earth, the creatures have possessed Captain Dubois and use him to break into the Institute for Advanced Sciences's nuclear reactor. The possessed Dubois sends the U.D. a message offering "symbiotic partnership" for "the good of the whole".Actors
Tony Russel
(Cmdr. Mike Halstead)
Lisa Gastoni
(Lt. Connie Gomez)
Franco Nero
(Lt. Jake Jacowitx)
Enzo Fiermonte
(Ken)
Carlo Giustini
(Capt. Jaques Dubois)
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