The Day the Sky Exploded

The Day the Sky Exploded
Italian film poster for The Day the Sky Exploded
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story byVirgilio Sabel[1]
Produced byGuido Giambartolomei[1]
Starring
CinematographyMario Bava[2]
Edited byOtello Colangeli[1]
Music byCarlo Rustichelli[2]
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
  • Royal Film
  • Lux Film
  • Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France[2]
Release dates
  • September 4, 1958 (1958-09-04) (Italy)
  • July 15, 1959 (1959-07-15) (France)
Running time
82 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[2]

The Day the Sky Exploded (Italian: La morte viene dallo spazio, lit.'Death Comes From Space'), released in the United Kingdom as Death Comes From Outer Space, is a 1958 French/Italian international co-production science fiction film. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the science fiction films of Antonio Margheriti.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference afi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d "La Morte viene dallo spazio" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Roberto Chiavini; Gian Filippo Pizzo; Michele Tetro (2003). Il grande cinema di fantascienza: aspettando il monolito nero (1902-1967) (Vol. 2 of Il grande cinema di fantascienza, Collana gli Album ed.). Gremese. p. 145. ISBN 978-88-8440-266-0.
  4. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano (Vol. 2 of Dizionari Gremese, Vol. 1-2 of I film ed.). Gremese. p. 240. ISBN 978-88-7605-548-5.

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