SciFi &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:SciFi @settima@zirk.us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:24:58 +0200 Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5b0f <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea] (Jindřich Polák, 1977)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem (1977)/div div class="caption" Time-traveling tourist Shirley White (Marie Rosůlková) dragging a bewildered Hitler (František Vicena) in front of her husband's photo camera. DP: Jan Kališ./div div class="txt" "Patrick, it's Hitler! Yes it is Hitler! Patrick, you must take a picture of me with him!" ### – Shirley White, American time traveler /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #MarieRosůlková #FrantišekVicena #KarelSvoboda #JanKališ #SciFi #WW2 #TimeTravel #comedy #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem [Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea] (Jindřich Polák, 1977)

Jun

1

Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem (1977)

Time-traveling tourist Shirley White (Marie Rosůlková) dragging a bewildered Hitler (František Vicena) in front of her husband's photo camera. DP: Jan Kališ.

“Patrick, it's Hitler! Yes it is Hitler! Patrick, you must take a picture of me with him!”

– Shirley White, American time traveler

#FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #MarieRosůlková #FrantišekVicena #KarelSvoboda #JanKališ #SciFi #WW2 #TimeTravel #comedy #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5b0f Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d08l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)/div div class="caption" Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) trying to cool down in a bathtub. DP: Harry Waxman./div div class="txt" "Truly the light is sweet; and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the Sun." ### – Peter Stenning /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ValGuest #JanetMunro #LeoMcKern #StanleyBlack #HarryWaxman #SciFi #ColdWar #GlobalWarming #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)

May

23

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) trying to cool down in a bathtub. DP: Harry Waxman.

“Truly the light is sweet; and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the Sun.”

– Peter Stenning

#FilmDuJour #May #ValGuest #JanetMunro #LeoMcKern #StanleyBlack #HarryWaxman #SciFi #ColdWar #GlobalWarming #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d08l Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Thu/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Le 15 mai (1971)/div div class="caption" Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur./div div class="txt" "Of course, it's the 15th of May." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)

May

15

Thu

Le 15 mai (1971)

Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur.

“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”

#FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Unearthly Stranger (John Krish, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-11rj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Unearthly Stranger (John Krish, 1963)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 10.30 a.m/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Unearthly Stranger (1963).png)/div div class="caption" An invitation: The Funeral of Geoffrey Munroe will take place on Friday 10th May at St. Marys Church 10.30 a.m. DP: Reginald H. Wyer./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JohnKrish #JohnNeville #PhilipStone #GabriellaLicudi #PatrickNewell #JeanMarsh #WarrenMitchell #EdwardWilliams #ReginaldHWyer #Hooptober #scifi #horror #romance #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Unearthly Stranger (John Krish, 1963)

May

10

10.30 a.m

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Unearthly Stranger (1963)

An invitation: The Funeral of Geoffrey Munroe will take place on Friday 10th May at St. Marys Church 10.30 a.m. DP: Reginald H. Wyer.

 

#FilmDuJour #May #JohnKrish #JohnNeville #PhilipStone #GabriellaLicudi #PatrickNewell #JeanMarsh #WarrenMitchell #EdwardWilliams #ReginaldHWyer #Hooptober #scifi #horror #romance #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-11rj Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hcsz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Зеркало для героя (1987)/div div class="caption" Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #VladimirKhotinenko #SvyatoslavRybas #BorisPetrov #EvgeniyGrebnev #BookAdaptation #SciFi #SovietUnion #1980s/div /section ]]>

Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)

May

8

1949

Зеркало для героя (1987)

Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev.

#FilmDuJour #May #VladimirKhotinenko #SvyatoslavRybas #BorisPetrov #EvgeniyGrebnev #BookAdaptation #SciFi #SovietUnion #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hcsz Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)/div div class="caption" One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky./div div class="txt" And November 9, January 14, and January 21. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)

Apr

27

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)

One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky.

And November 9, January 14, and January 21.

#FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +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