USA, Sweden, 1959
55m [USA], 73m [Sweden], 81m [USA – TV version], 1970 metres
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American/Swedish science fiction film directed by Virgil W. Vogel. It was released in the USA as Invasion of the Animal People with new footage shot by Jerry Warren and featuring narration from John Carradine. On some US prints, Vogel and Warren are credited as co-directors.
Plot Summary
A team of soldiers and scientists investigate the site of a meteorite impact in Sweden and discover that the ‘meteorite’ was in fact a spaceship and that an alien monster is now on the loose.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Virgil W. Vogel
Additional US Scenes Director: Jerry Warren *
Copyright MCMLVIII [1958]
A production by Gustaf Unger Films, Hollywood, California in cooperation with AB Fortunafilm Sweden
Produced by: Gustaf Unger
Co-producer: Bertil Jernberg
Additional US Scenes Producer: Jerry Warren *
Original Story and Screenplay by: Arthur C. Pierce
Photography by: Hilding Bladh
Film Editors: Tom Rolf|Ernst R. Rolf and Shirley Citron
Additional US Scenes Editor: Jerry Warren *
Musical Score Written and Conducted by: Allan Johansson and Harry Arnold
Sound Recording: Stig Flodin
Wardrobe: Nasse Johnson
Make-up: Hoglund and Lindgren Associates
Special Effects Created by: Odert von Schoultz
Art Director: Nils Nilsson
The Arctic sequences were filmed in their entirety in the Midnight Sun Territory in Lappland above the Arctic Circle in Northern Sweden
Locations: Abisko, Norrbottens län, Sweden *; Björkliden, Norrbottens län, Sweden *; Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden *; Torneträsk, Norrbottens län, Sweden *
Cast
Barbara Wilson (Diane Wilson)
Stan Gester (Erik Engström)
Robert Burton (Dr Frederick Wilson)
Bengt Blomgren (Col. Robert Bottiger)
Åke Grönberg (Dr Henrik)
Gösta Prüzelius (Dr Walter Ullman)
John Carradine [US version narrator] *
Alternative Titles
Horror in the Midnight Sun
Invasion of the Animal People – USA
Rymdinvasion i Lappland – Sweden
Space Invasion from Lapland
Space Invasion of Lapland
Links
Extracts included in
Extra Weird (2003)
References
Books
- John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver – credits, review
