Hellströmin kronikka

Original title: The Hellstrom Chronicle

19711971
GG
1h 30min

A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.

7.4/10

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Directors
- Walon Green
- Ed Spiegel(Hellstrom Sequence)
Writer
- David Seltzer
Stars
- Lawrence Pressman
- Conlan Carter(uncredited)
- Ian McShane(archive footage)

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Lawrence Pressman

Dr. Hellstromas Dr. Hellstrom

Conlan Carter

Farmeras Farmer
(uncredited)

Ian McShane

Self - Actor in Film Clip from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgiumas Self - Actor in Film Clip from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Suzanne Pleshette

Self - Actress in Film Clip from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgiumas Self - Actress in Film Clip from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Directors
- Walon Green
- Ed Spiegel(Hellstrom Sequence)
Writer
- David Seltzer
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This unique and quirky offering combines elements of documentary films and horror movies to illustrate the potential threat posed by the world's insects. With their collective intelligence, high capacity for work and sharp instincts, the film argues, they are waging a struggle against humans for supremacy of our planet. Expert cinematography captures footage of the small creatures, some quite tiny and elusive, interspersed with clips from horror films to achieve dramatic effects. —Jwelch5742

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Taglines
- Shocking. Beautiful. Brilliant. Sensual. Deadly... and in the end only they will survive.
Genres
- Documentary
- Drama
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
This film was released on a double-bill with the original "Willy Wonka" movie (also a Wolper production) in the summer of 1971.

Quotes
Dr. Hellstrom: Compared with Man, we have to admit that the insect does not display what we can describe as intelligence. But don't feel too proud about that, because where there is no intelligence, there is also no stupidity.

Crazy credits
End Credits: Nils Hellstrom, M.S., Ph.D., is a fictional character who was portrayed by Lawrance Pressman. His statements relating to the impermanence of the human species have been synthesized from contemporary opinions. All statements about the insect world are factual and have been reviewed by Roy Snelling and Charles Hogue, Ph.D., of the Entomology Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Connections
Features Kesytöntä kiihkoa (1954)

Top review

9/10

"I have been called everything from a Fanatic to a Lunatic"

In 1971 a film arrived at our campus and our school was privileged to see it. Witness, would be a better word as what we learned was so fantastic. To ignore what was being shown and investigated, would be to doom our existence to the fact, we were warned of the impending doom and did nothing. The star of this film is the incredible and versatile insect as illustrated by a narrator/biologist Dr. Neil Hellstrom (Lawrence Pressman). His research takes the audience around the world in a desperate attempt to awaken our poor understanding of the mightiest creatures on the planet. Despite the fact man has the potential to destroy the world and its populations with his awesome weapons, it is the Insect who will eventually reclaim what's left. The film is informative and insightful as well as incredible with it special cameras going where only the mind can venture. Want to learn who our greatest enemy is? See this film and then guess which species will inherit the Earth. ****

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