| Release Date: | Feb 1974 |
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| Genre: | Sci-Fi / Fantasy |
| Awards: | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination |
| Cast: | Sean Connery (Zed), Charlotte Rampling (Consuella), Sara Kestelman (May), John Alderton (Friend), Sally Anne Newton (Avalow), Niall Buggy (Arthur Frayn), Bosco Hogan (George Saden), Jessica Swift (Apathetic), Bairbre Dowling (Star), Christopher Casson (Old Scientist), Reginald Jarman (Death) |
In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group after which it's members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Sean Connery one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is threatened.