The Day the Sky Exploded (Sci-Fi, 1958) Paul Hubschmid, Madeleine Fischer | Movie, Subtitles

Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collision course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

Original title: La morte viene dallo spazio (1958)
AKA: The Day the Sky Exploded / Death Comes from Outer Space
This film is subtitled in over 30 languages. Choose your preferred language in settings ⚙️.

Director: Paolo Heusch, Mario Baja
Writers: Virgilio Sabel, Marcello Coscia, Sandro Continenza
Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Madeleine Fischer, Fiorella Mari
Genre: Classic Sci-Fi

00:00 International headlines
00:28 Title credits - full movie (wiith subtitles)
08:37 Preparing for blast-off -Countdown to the launch of the first manned rocket to the moon amidst secrecy and anticipation.
17:20 Solid gold with rocket fuel cocktail
25:56 John back on land
32:19 Winning the wager
43:52 End of the world - Global evacuation efforts initiated as humanity faces impending meteorite collision.
58:32 American solution: nuke 'em & to use missiles equipped with atomic warheads to disintegrate meteorites threatening Earth.
01:13:14 Hahaha oh Hollywood - Humanity faces imminent destruction from a massive asteroid, but is ultimately saved by a last-minute rocket launch.

[PointyTailofSatan]

No actual science was harmed in the making of this movie.

[ricky-believe]

Wow. Been watching this old black and white sci-fi, which I love this genre, for over two minutes and no-one has lit a cigarette or had a cup of coffee. Amazing.

[domm]

These movies bring back happy childhood memories. Thank you!

[michaellehmbeck]

My cat Rinco loves this kind of film and lots of spaceships and rockets zooming around!!

[Hammydavis]

I don’t know why it is. I was born in 58 and to this day my favorite is sci-fi bee movies. I love how serious people were in these movies. It just made me laugh. My oldest sister and I would watch it late and laugh.

[judithmosely]

Saw this when I was a kid in the 50s. I still love this movie.

[harrylyme]

This is the first SF movie ever produced in Italy. If the voice of McClaren sounds familiar it is because it was provided by Shane Rimmer (the voice of Scott Tracy in The Thunderbirds)

[carmenfoote]

Love these old black and white sci-fi movies. A lot are classics that are well worth watching over again. Thanks for listing. Joe S

[ducttapetech]

LOL. "set the air conditioner to ten degrees below zero, and if that doesn't do it, set it to maximum!" Great advice for any situation.

[jwatt]

Love those old lockheed Constellations.

[allandavis]

You have to give the people who make films like this huge credit for their creativity, with no baseline to work from they produced some amazing effects and insights into the future, not exactly rocket science but something like rocket science. Personally I would rather watch b&w movies from this era and genre than their modern equivalents, the makers of modern movies have so much technology and historical precedent to work from it would be easy for them to not use their imaginations.

[edwinlipton]

Put the pause on. Gonna take awhile to regress that far back in my childhood when this was a possibility.

[timthompson]

They spared no expense in making this classic film.

[carmelbrain]

The dog who came into the control room was by far the best actor

[vanmusician]

Love the woman who keeps making the same screech in the crowd scenes! Amazing that a man walked on the moon only 11 years after this movie.

[melodiefrances]

When these came out they would have been almost 100% speculative, so it would have felt kind of magical watching it.

[obesetuna]

A good piece of escapism. Worth watching.

[TheMrFarkle]

The electronic music/sound effects are satisfyingly mysterious. For the time, 1958, this film is well written and acted. It differs from the endless action films of today that often lack a substantial plot.

[lumberlikwidator]

Great suspense story! Never seen it before, thanks so much for posting this!

[bowzerthedog]

I ate a 420 gummy and I caught myself thinking this is the best movie I’ve ever seen. Sure I must be really buzzed