UK, USA, South Africa, 1986
92m
35mm film, colour
mono, English
A British/American/South African science fiction film directed by Michael Shackleton.
Plot Summary
An astronaut returns from orbit to find that nuclear war has devastated the Earth. For ten years he roams the wasteland looking for other survivors, eventually finding a woman who claims to know the whereabouts of an underground city. But when she’s kidnapped by Kragg and his gang The Survivor tries to get her back.
Credits
Crew
Director: Michael Shackleton
© MCMLXXXVI [1986] Matrix Motion Pictures (UK) Ltd.
© 1987 Label Productions, Inc.
Omega Pictures presents, Matrix Motion Pictures and Martin Wragge present
Producer: Martin Wragge
Associate Producers: Stan Roup, Bima Stagg
Screenplay: Bima Stagg
Original Story: Bima Stagg, Martin Wragge
Director of Photography: Fred Tammes
Editor: Max Lemon
Music [opening credits] Survivor Sound Track Music Written by [end credits]: Adriaan Strydom
Sound Recordist: Nico Louw
Wardrobe Mistress: Birrie Le Roux
Make-up: Merryl MacKenzie
Hair: Cheryl Carrick
Special Effects: Tommy Kieser
Production Design: Grey Lipley, Hans van der Zanden, John Bonham-Carter, Johan Engels
Casting: Deborah Kurtz/Rosen Casting, Stephen Brind, Sybil Sands Agency, Cheryl Arthur
Cast
Chip Mayer [real name: Christopher Mayer] (survivor)
Richard Moll (Kragg)
Sue Kiel (the woman)
Richard Haines (Russian councillor)
John Carson (engineer councillor)
Rex Garner (surgeon councillor)
Sandra Duncan (biologist councillor)
Ben Dekker (special guest appearance)
André Roothman (head regulator)
Sven Forseil (first Bedouin)
Bima Stagg (second Bedouin)
Mo Marais [real name: Drummond Marais], Pedro Reis [real name: Pedro Cabrita Reis], André Roberts, Jimmy Nei [real name: Jimmy Nel] (aerial regulators)
Hennie Bosman (regulator)
Maria Schoeman (Russian’s wife)
Lara Bye, Victoria Cooper, Julia Isaacs, Sandy DeWee (harem woman)
Alternative Titles
1999 – O Sobrevivente do Fim do Mundo – Brazil
O Sobrevivente da Cidade Fantasma – Portugal
Survivor – Zum Überleben verdammt – West Germany
