Space Invasion of Lapland
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Space Invasion of Lapland (Rymdinvasion i Lappland) is a Swedish
/ American black-and-white science fiction
/horror
movie from 1959 by the American director Virgil W. Vogel
and the film is partly in English
.
The film is known by many different English titles: Horror in the Midnight Sun, or Terror in the Midnight Sun, or Invasion of the Animal People. In the American distribution, Jerry Warren
added some scenes of his own to the film.
are mysteriously found dead following a meteor
crash in a remote part of Lapland in northern Sweden, soldiers and a geologist are called out to investigate.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
/ American black-and-white science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
/horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
movie from 1959 by the American director Virgil W. Vogel
Virgil W. Vogel
Virgil William Vogel was an American film, television director and writer. His career spanned nearly sixty years directing episodes of Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Big Valley, and Mission: Impossible, among other series.-Career:Vogel was born Peoria, Illinois...
and the film is partly in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
The film is known by many different English titles: Horror in the Midnight Sun, or Terror in the Midnight Sun, or Invasion of the Animal People. In the American distribution, Jerry Warren
Jerry Warren
Jerry Warren was an American director, producer, and writer, famous for his involvement in many cult films. He has been described as "one of cult film's most frustrating and maligned members."-Legacy:...
added some scenes of his own to the film.
Plot summary
After a herd of reindeerReindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
are mysteriously found dead following a meteor
METEOR
METEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...
crash in a remote part of Lapland in northern Sweden, soldiers and a geologist are called out to investigate.
Cast
- Barbara WilsonBarbara WilsonBarbara Wilson is an African American singer, she is considered a "Hook Singer", singing the hooks on several classic West Coast hip hop songs. She was born in Hawthorne, California August 8, 1973. She is known best for her sensual soulful voice, most notably on the classic 1995 Dr.Dre song "Keep...
as Diane Wilson - Sten Gester as Erik Engström
- Robert BurtonRobert BurtonRobert Burton may refer to:* Robert Burton , Master of University College, Oxford, England * Robert Burton , English scholar and vicar* Robert Burton, Sr. , printing industry executive...
as Dr. Frederick Wilson - Bengt Blomgren as Col. Robert Bottiger
- Åke GrönbergÅke GrönbergKarl Åke Edvard Grönberg was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Gronberg was a versatile stage personalities of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical shows and in dramatic productions.He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died of a heart attack in...
as Dr. Henrik - Gösta PrüzeliusGösta PrüzeliusGösta Prüzelius was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as Summer with Monika, Space Invasion of Lapland, Fanny and Alexander, and Ingmar Bergman's film version of The Magic Flute...
as Dr. Walter Ullman - John CarradineJohn CarradineJohn Carradine was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns as well as Shakespearean theater. A member of Cecil B DeMille's stock company and later John Ford's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history...
as Narrator (voice: English version)