Chelovek-Amfibiya (1962)

Directors:

Vladimir Chebotaryov
Gennadi Kazansky

Writers:

Aleksandr Belyaev (novel)
Akiba Golburt (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 1963 (Finland)

Genre:

Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

People living at the seashore town are frightened by reports about the unknown creature called "the sea devil." Nobody knows what it is...

Plot Keywords:

Capture | Mutant Human | Escape From Jail | Manhunt | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Vladimir Korenev	...	Ichtyandr Salvator
Anastasiya Vertinskaya	...	Gutiere Baltazar
Mikhail Kozakov	...	Pedro Zurita
A. Smiranin	...	Old Baltazar (as Anatoly Smiranin)
Nikolai Simonov	...	Prof. Salvator
Vladlen Davydov	...	Olsen, the reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
A. Antonyan
Anatoli Ivanov
Valeri Kudryashov
Nikolai Kuzmin		(as N. Kuzmin)
Mikhail Medvedev
Yuri Medvedev	...	Street vendor of fish
A. Nikritina
A. Orlik
A. Shaginyan
Georgi Tusuzov
Aleksandr Zakharov		(as A. Zakharov)

Also Known As:

Человек-Амфибия (Soviet Union: Russian title)
The Amphibian Man (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

USA:82 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Goskino

Quotes:

Gutiere Baltazar: [laughing] This must be love at first sight!
Ichtyandr Salvator: [simply] Is there any other kind of love?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Smiley Face (2007)

I Finally found it!

If this is the film I think it is, they showed it, alot, on a horror/movie program in New York in the 60's called "Thriller". I have been trying to find this for years! I tell all my friends about this film and I remember it as "The Amphibian Man". I also remember it was sad, very sad, that is why it stuck with me for years. Silly thing was, I thought it was an Italian film so that is where I've been trying to find it! I am a big horror film fan because at 4 years old, my older brothers watched these Saturday night New York Shows on Channel 5 (Creature Double Feature) and 11 (Thriller). This was during a time when there was not that many remotes so what they looked at, as the little sister, I had to look at too. Which is why I remember this film and haven't seen it since I was seven years old. (By that time we got cable, my brothers were older and I got the tv!) And let me add one more thing, many IMDb poster have written about films ripe for "remakes" for Hollywood Directors and Producers other than the ones they are doing. If I was one of those folks, I'd put this on my list to consider. This is a Speilberg-esque family sci-fi film just waiting to be remade. Then again, I like it just fine the way it is.