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Omicron (film)

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Omicron
Directed byUgo Gregoretti
Produced byFranco Cristaldi
CinematographyCarlo Di Palma
Music byPiero Umiliani
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Omicron is a 1963 Italian science fiction-comedy film directed by Ugo Gregoretti.[1] The plot concerns an alien who takes over the body of an Earthling (a deceased factory worker who is resurrected) in order to learn about The Planet Earth and threatens the human kind. The film was entered in the competition at the 24th Venice International Film Festival.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  2. ^ Robert F. Hawkins (September 15, 1963). "Venice's serious film fete in retrospect: The winner". The New York Times.
    - Annuario Politico Italiano, Kompass Italia, Etas Periodici, 1964.
    - Simone Brioni; Daniele Comberiati (2019). Italian Science Fiction: The Other in Literature and Film. Studies in Global Science Fiction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 103–104. ISBN 9783030193263 – via Google Books.