SciFi &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:SciFi @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:22:28 +0200 April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w3gj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 2000/div div class="img" 1. April 2000 (1952)/div div class="caption" The President of the Global Union (Hilde Krahl) stepping out of her spaceship. DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s /div /section ]]>

1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)

Apr

1

2000

1. April 2000 (1952)

The President of the Global Union (Hilde Krahl) stepping out of her spaceship. DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

#FilmDuJour #April #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w3gj Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" 1976/div div class="img" Grauzone (1979)/div div class="caption" The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti./div div class="txt" Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)

Mar

21

1976

Grauzone (1979)

The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti.

Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen.

#FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dyd7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Fata/Morgana (1966)/div div class="caption" Gim (Teresa Gimpera) modelling in a photo studio. The photographer, another woman in silhouette, has an identical hairstyle and outfit. DP: Aurelio G. Larraya./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #VicenteAranda #TeresaGimpera #AntonioPérezOlea #AurelioGLarraya #mystery #drama #crime #SciFi #Barcelona #Spain #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966)

Mar

9

Fata/Morgana (1966)

Gim (Teresa Gimpera) modelling in a photo studio. The photographer, another woman in silhouette, has an identical hairstyle and outfit. DP: Aurelio G. Larraya.

#FilmDuJour #March #VicenteAranda #TeresaGimpera #AntonioPérezOlea #AurelioGLarraya #mystery #drama #crime #SciFi #Barcelona #Spain #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dyd7 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 First Man Into Space [Satellite of Blood] (Robert Day, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/first-man-into-space-1959 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" First Man Into Space [Satellite of Blood] (Robert Day, 1959)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1958/div div class="img" First Man Into Space (1959)/div div class="caption" A newspaper headline for February 28, 1958 reading THE HIGHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. DP: Geoffrey Faithfull./div div class="txt" "The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #RobertDay #BillEdwards #BuxtonOrr #GeoffreyFaithfull #drama #SciFi #horror #UK #1950s ★★½/div /section ]]>

First Man Into Space [Satellite of Blood] (Robert Day, 1959)

Feb

28

1958

First Man Into Space (1959)

A newspaper headline for February 28, 1958 reading THE HIGHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. DP: Geoffrey Faithfull.

“The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk.”

#FilmDuJour #February #RobertDay #BillEdwards #BuxtonOrr #GeoffreyFaithfull #drama #SciFi #horror #UK #1950s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/first-man-into-space-1959 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/altered-states-1980 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" Wed/div div class="img" Altered States (1980)/div div class="caption" Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) in his tank. Around him visions of clouds, fishes, the ocean. DP: Jordan Cronenweth./div div class="txt" "I'm a man in search of his true self. How archetypically American can you get?" ### – Eddie Jessup /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #KenRussell #PaddyChayefsky #WilliamHurt #BlairBrown #BobBalaban #CharlesWhiteEagle #JohnCorigliano #JordanCronenweth #SciFi #horror #psychedelic #BodyHorror #drugs #BookAdaptation #USA #1980s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)

Jan

7

Wed

Altered States (1980)

Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) in his tank. Around him visions of clouds, fishes, the ocean. DP: Jordan Cronenweth.

“I'm a man in search of his true self. How archetypically American can you get?”

– Eddie Jessup

#FilmDuJour #January #KenRussell #PaddyChayefsky #WilliamHurt #BlairBrown #BobBalaban #CharlesWhiteEagle #JohnCorigliano #JordanCronenweth #SciFi #horror #psychedelic #BodyHorror #drugs #BookAdaptation #USA #1980s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/altered-states-1980 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ynym <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1979/div div class="img" N.P. il segreto (1971).png)/div div class="caption" The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau./div div class="txt" And April 27. &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #SilvanoAgosti #FranciscoRabal #IrenePapas #EdyBiagetti #TakisEmmanuel #IngridThulin #NicolaPiovani #DimitriNicolau #drama #SciFi #politics #dystopia #Italy #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)

Jan

3

1979

N.P. il segreto (1971)

The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau.

And April 27.

 

#FilmDuJour #January #SilvanoAgosti #FranciscoRabal #IrenePapas #EdyBiagetti #TakisEmmanuel #IngridThulin #NicolaPiovani #DimitriNicolau #drama #SciFi #politics #dystopia #Italy #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ynym Sat, 03 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" Apollo 17/div div class="img" Le voyage dans la lune (1902).gif)/div div class="caption" A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy./div div class="txt" The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing. "Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you." ### – Georges Méliès, 1937 In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)

Dec

19

Apollo 17

Le voyage dans la lune (1902)

A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy.

The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing.

“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you.”

– Georges Méliès, 1937

In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Apollo17 #Moon #moons #GeorgesMéliès #JulesVerne #HGWells #VictorAndré #BleuetteBernon #Brunnet #JehanneDAlcy #ThéophileMichault #LucienTainguy #SciFi #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #fantasy #adventure #BookAdaptation #France #1910s ★★★★½ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1k7l Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:20:00 +0100 Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-413g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr Szulkin, 1981)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1999/div div class="img" Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie (1981)/div div class="caption" Reporter Iron Idem (Roman Wilhelmi) bringing the news. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #PiotrSzulkin #HGWells #RomanWilhelmi #JerzyMaksymiuk #JózefSkrzek #ZygmuntSamosiuk #BookAdaptation #SciFi #Poland #1980s/div /section ]]>

Wojna Światów – Następne Stulecie [The War of the Worlds: Next Century] (Piotr Szulkin, 1981)

Dec

18

1999

Wojna Światów - Następne Stulecie (1981)

Reporter Iron Idem (Roman Wilhelmi) bringing the news. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk.

#FilmDuJour #December #PiotrSzulkin #HGWells #RomanWilhelmi #JerzyMaksymiuk #JózefSkrzek #ZygmuntSamosiuk #BookAdaptation #SciFi #Poland #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-413g Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9z0s <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" Saturnalia/div div class="img" The Automatic Motorist (1911).jpg)/div div class="caption" While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!/div div class="txt" A planet with rings for Saturnalia &nbsp; Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Saturnalia #Saturn #planets #WalterRBooth #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #comedy #fantasy #SciFi #UK #1910s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)

Dec

17

Saturnalia

The Automatic Motorist (1911)

While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!

A planet with rings for Saturnalia

 

Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Saturnalia #Saturn #planets #WalterRBooth #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #comedy #fantasy #SciFi #UK #1910s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9z0s Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0100 Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola [The Extraordinary... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jwlg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola [The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola] (Marcel Perez + Luigi Maggi, 1913)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" hot air balloons/div div class="img" Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola (1913).jpg)/div div class="caption" A fantastic hot air balloon fight, with machine gunners perched on top of one of the buoyant giants (via). DP: Ottavio De Matteis./div div class="txt" A hot air balloon &nbsp; &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #balloons #MarcelPerez #LuigiMaggi #AlbertRobida #NildeBaracchi #AlfredoBertone #FilippoCastamagna #OresteGrandi #LucianoManara #OttavioDeMatteis #adventure #SciFi #serial #Bookadaptation #Italy #1910s/div /section ]]>

Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola [The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola] (Marcel Perez + Luigi Maggi, 1913)

Dec

6

hot air balloons

Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola (1913)

A fantastic hot air balloon fight, with machine gunners perched on top of one of the buoyant giants (via). DP: Ottavio De Matteis.

A hot air balloon*

 

 

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #balloons #MarcelPerez #LuigiMaggi #AlbertRobida #NildeBaracchi #AlfredoBertone #FilippoCastamagna #OresteGrandi #LucianoManara #OttavioDeMatteis #adventure #SciFi #serial #Bookadaptation #Italy #1910s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jwlg Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:05:00 +0100