Le ciel sur la tête (1965)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Yves Ciampi

Writers:

Jean Chapot (writer)
Yves Ciampi (writer)

Release Date:

20 January 1965 (France)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders. |

Plot Keywords:

Military | Spy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

André Smagghe	...	Gaillac
Marcel Bozzuffi	...	Captain
Henri Piégay	...	Majo
Bernard Fresson	...	Laurent
Jacques Monod	...	Commandant Ravesne
Yves Brainville	...	Bricourt
Guy Tréjan	...	Le ministre
Jean Dasté	...	M. Bazin
Beatrice Cenci	...	L'amie de Majo
Yvonne Monlaur	...	Françoise
Roger Van Mullem	...	L'amiral
Wladimir Bellin	...	Le commandant du sous-marin
Jacques Santi	...	Jolivet
Guy Henry
Christian Le Guillochet

Also Known As:

Allarme dal cielo (Italy)
Heaven on One's Head
Il cielo sulla testa (Italy)
Skies Above (USA)
Sky Above Heaven (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

France:107 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Brest, Finistère, France

Company:

Galatea Film

A documentary rather than a dramatic movie !

In fact I saw this film when it came out and I was a teenager. Of course it was rather conceived as an "advertisment" for the French aircrafts (Mirage) and the carrier "Clemenceau" to show how good they were (or would be) to face a nuclear threat ! No special effects were used in the film of course and the "threat" was only suggested - nothing to do with later films showing alien monsters ! What I liked was an almost "documentary" description of life on board - a floating city as we used to say -which was rather rare in those days because of the "cold war". Unfortunately it seems this movie does not exist on DVD and even here in Europe it's never shown on TV.