Kirottu kylä (1960)

Village of the Damned (original title)

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Not Rated
1h 17min
Horror, Sci-Fi
21 Jul 1961 (Finland)
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In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.

Director:

Wolf Rilla

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Awards:

2 nominations.
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	George Sanders	...	Gordon Zellaby
	Barbara Shelley	...	Anthea Zellaby
	Michael Gwynn	...	Major Alan Bernard
	Laurence Naismith	...	Doctor Willers
	John Phillips	...	General Leighton
	Richard Vernon	...	Sir Edgar Hargraves
	Jenny Laird	...	Mrs. Harrington
	Thomas Heathcote	...	James Pawle
	Martin Stephens	...	David Zellaby
	Richard Warner	...	Harrington
	Sarah Long	...	Evelyn Harrington
	Charlotte Mitchell	...	Janet Pawle
	Pamela Buck	...	Milly Hughes
	Rosamund Greenwood	...	Miss Ogle
	Susan Richards	...	Mrs. Plumpton
	Bernard Archard	...	Vicar
	Peter Vaughan	...	P.C. Gobby
	John Stuart	...	Professor Smith
	Keith Pyott	...	Dr. Carlisle
	Alexander Archdale	...	The Coroner
	Sheila Robins	...	Nurse
	Tom Bowman	...	Pilot
	Anthony Harrison	...	Lieutenant
	Diane Aubrey	...	W.R.A.C. Secretary
	Gerald Paris	...	Sapper
	Bruno	...	The Dog
	June Cowell	...	Village Child
	Linda Bateson	...	Village Child
	John Kelly	...	Village Child
	Carlo Cura	...	Village Child
	Lesley Scoble	...	Village Child
	Mark Mileham	...	Village Child
	Roger Malik	...	Village Child
	Elizabeth Munden	...	Village Child
	Peter Preidel	...	Village Child
	Teri Scoble	...	Village Child (as Theresa Scoble)
	Peter Taylor	...	Village Child
	Howard Knight	...	Village Child
	Brian Smith	...	Village Child
	Janice Hawley	...	Village Child (as Janice Howley)
	Paul Norman	...	Village Child
	Robert Marks	...	Village Child
	John Bush	...	Village Child
	Billy Lawrence	...	Village Child
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	John Adams	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Chris Adcock	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Jack Armstrong	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Barbara Bennett	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Wallace Bosco	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Dan Cressey	...	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
	George Curtis	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Joe Dunne	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	Helen Ford	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Denis Gilmore	...	Keith older brother (uncredited)
	Olive Gregg	...	Voice of David Zellaby (uncredited)
	Aidan Harrington	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Mary Maxfield	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Colin McKenzie	...	Doctor (uncredited)
	Pat Meehan	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Clive Powell	...	David Zellaby as a toddler (uncredited)
	Bill Reed	...	Villager (uncredited)
	Arnold Schulkes	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	Jack Silk	...	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
	John Timberlake	...	Landlord (uncredited)
	June West	...	Villager (uncredited)

Directed by

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Wolf Rilla

Written by

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Stirling Silliphant	...	(screenplay) &
Wolf Rilla	...	(screenplay) &
Ronald Kinnoch	...	(screenplay) (as George Barclay)

John Wyndham	...	(novel "The Midwich Cuckoos")

Produced by

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Ronald Kinnoch

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producer

Music by

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Ron Goodwin

Cinematography by

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Geoffrey Faithfull

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Film Editing by

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Gordon Hales

Casting By

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Irene Howard

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(uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Ivan King

Makeup Department

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Eric Aylott	...	makeup artist
Joan Johnstone	...	hair stylist

Production Management

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Denis Johnson

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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David Middlemas

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assistant director

Sound Department

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Cyril Swern	...	sound recordist
A.W. Watkins	...	recording supervisor
Gordon Daniel	...	dubbing editor (uncredited)
J.B. Smith	...	dubbing mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Tom Howard

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photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Frank Drake	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Dennis Fraser	...	grip (uncredited)
Gerald Moss	...	photographer: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eileen Sullivan

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wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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Ron Goodwin

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conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Lee Turner

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continuity

Transportation Department

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Eddie Frewin

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driver: generator (uncredited)

Crew verified as complete

Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (United States) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1960) (Canada) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1960) (Australia) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (France) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Norway) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Finland) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1961) (India) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A/B (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
TF1 (1975) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2004) (Finland) (tv)
Warner Archive Collection (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Warner Home Video (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (United States) (laserdisc)

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Other Companies

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R.G.B. (subtitles: French version)
Turner Entertainment (package design) (1992 release)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	In the small English village of Midwich everybody and everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want to do. Written by Leon Wolters Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	first-part child-raising psychotronic-film motor-vehicle car See All (116) »
Taglines	What Demonic Force Lurks Behind Those Eyes? See more »
Genres	Horror Sci-Fi
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:PG Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) Finland:K-16 France:12 India:A Ireland:15 Ireland:12 Italy:T Netherlands:18 Norway:16 Spain:13 Sweden:15 United Kingdom:A United Kingdom:12 United States:Not Rated United States:Approved West Germany:16

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Also Known As	The Village of the Damned (United States) The Midwich Cuckoos (United States) Le village des damnés (France) Das Dorf der Verdammten (Germany) El pueblo de los malditos (Spain) See more »
Runtime	77 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations	Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Budget

$200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The eerie effect of the children's glowing eyes was created by matting a negative (reversed) image of their eyes over the pupils when they used their powers. The British print of the film contained no optical effects, as the British Board of Film Classification considered them too frighting for an 'A' classification. See more »
Goofs	A soldier walks into the zone of unconsciousness wearing a gas mask and a tether rope, immediately passes out, and is dragged back out by his mates. But the supposedly unconscious soldier is clearly holding his head up off the ground as he is dragged along headfirst on his back. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). See more »
Quotes	[last lines] Prof. Gordon Zellaby: [voiceover] A brick wall... a brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... a brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... a brick wall... brick wall... I must think of a brick wall... It's almost half past eight... brick wall... only a few seconds more... brick wall... brick wall... brick wall... nearly over... a brick wall... See more »

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