Amphibian Man (film)

Infobox Film
name = Amphibian Man
director = Vladimir Chebotaryov
Gennadi Kazansky
writer = Alexander Beliaev (novel)
Akiba Golburt
Aleksei Kapler
Aleksandr Ksenofontov
starring = Vladimir Korenev
Anastasiya Vertinskaya
music = Andrei Petrov
cinematography = Eduard Rozovsky
distributor = BijouFlix Releasing
National Telefilm Associates (NTA) Inc.
released = December 19, fy|1962
runtime = 82 min.
country = USSR
language = Russian
amg_id = 1:83660
imdb_id = 0055844

"Amphibian Man" (aka Chelovek-Amfibiya) is a fy1962 Soviet Science Fiction Romance film starring Vladimir Korenev and Directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky.

It is an almost fable-like story based upon the eponymous novel by Alexander Beliaev. It focuses on a boy named "Ichtyandr" who was surgically altered to survive under the sea. Unlike traditional science fiction movies of the time the film focuses much more on the concept of love won and lost. It was given the name of "Tarzan des Mers" before the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs took exception. ["Sydney Morning Herald" "Movies" 25/9/2000 The Guide page 20 accessed via Ebbsco's Australia New Zealand Reference Centre]

The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1962 (65.5 million viewers).

Cast

References

* Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055844 Internet Movie Database]

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