Le maître du monde

Titre original : Master of the World

1961
Approved
1h 42m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,8/10

3,6 k

MA NOTE

Vincent Price, Henry Hull, and Mary Webster in Le maître du monde (1961)

Liretrailer2 min 29 s

2 vidéos

61 photos

Steampunk Adventure Sci-Fi

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.

Director
- William Witney
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Jules Verne
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,8/10

3,6 k

MA NOTE

Director
- William Witney
Writers
- Richard Matheson
- Jules Verne
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 nomination au total

Topage
(as Vitto Scotti)

Wally Campo

Turner

Don Ames

Man at Balloon Society Meeting
(uncredited)

Peter Besbas

Wilson
(uncredited)

Jimmie Booth

Man at Balloon Society Meeting
(uncredited)

Al Haskell

Man at Balloon Society Meeting
(uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Man at Balloon Society Meeting
(uncredited)

Gordon Jones

Talkative Morgantown Townsman
(uncredited)

Ray Jones

Man at Balloon Society Meeting
(uncredited)

Steve Masino

Weaver
(uncredited)

Loretta Nicholson

Morgantown Townswoman
(uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Prudent's Butler
(uncredited)

Histoire

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Anecdotes
American-International Pictures had planned on doing a sequel to this film. Concept drawings and even concept models were reportedly made. The sequel was not produced.

Gaffes
The film is set in the 1800s, though as the Albatross flies over London, Robur looks through the scope and sees Elizabethan London, including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The shot is stock footage from Henry V (1944). Soon after, more recent London footage appears, including the 19th century Tower Bridge. The aerial view of Paris is definitely 20th century.

Citations
Prudent: You, sir, are mad! Quite, quite mad!
Robur: How like the reasoning of your kind, Mr. Prudent. All well and sane to be the owner of factories, that products of which cause the violent deaths of millions in wartime and in peace. But to kill hundreds or even thousands with the aim of ending such deaths for all time? This is "madness."
Prudent: And do you, sir, consider the man who makes a weapon responsible for the action of the man who buys it?
Robur: Yes, I do, sir! All men are responsible to all other men.

Générique farfelu
Closing credits: "I take my dream with me. But it will not be lost to humanity. It will belong to you the day the world is educated enough to profit by it and wise enough not to abuse it" From Jules Verne's MASTER OF THE WORLD

Autres versions
The U.S. 16mm television syndication prints remove the prologue (showing man's early attempt at flight) and the exit music. This brought the running time down to what could be shown in a typical two-hour time frame with little or no editing to the main body of the film.

Connexions
Edited from The Four Feathers (1939)

Bandes originales
Master of the World
Music by Les Baxter
Lyrics by Lenny Adelson (as Lenny Addelson)
Sung by Darryl Stevens

Commentaires des utilisateurs66

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

Citizens of the World!, this is Robur!...

This film is a mish-mash of two Jules Verne novels (none of which, I have read), and I think it is a fairly good adventure.

It's interesting to see Charles Bronson in an early role (before he hooked up with Mr. Winner and went-all bitter vigilante'), he turns in a good performance. And the late-great Vincent Price is just right as Robur, Captain of the flying ship "The Albatross", in one of his trademark not-strictly evil genius roles - more like, men who usually have good or honourable intentions, but are driven to madness and the use of terrible means to acheive them. The rest of the cast are all of a fairly good standard, except the character of Mr. Prudent, I find him extremely annoying and the acting is also quite poor.

The effects are alright (you have to take into account it's the early 60's) and the set of the ship itself looks good and is well crafted. But the parts where the ship is supposed to be over land (some country- or-other), are almost funny because you can clearly see that the ship is super-imposed on to a completely different piece of film.

Overall Good, with an important message (discussed and challenged in the movie), that is more relevant, today, than ever.