Film
Sci-fi

Classics: The Man Who Fell to Earth - 50th Anniversary

Wed 8 Apr from 12:45 till 15:14

Tickets

Country

United Kingdom

Year

1976

Language

English spoken, Dutch subtitles

Actors

David Bowie, Rip Torn

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Duration

139 min

In The Man Who Fell To Earth, starman David Bowie plays the extraterrestrial role he was born to play. Searching for water for a drying planet, an alien is shipwrecked on Earth.

To finance his return, he uses his advanced knowledge to build a technological business empire. Deception and seduction lurk around every corner. Director Nicolas Roeg builds on this premise to create a complex stack of allegories for trust, loneliness, lust and hope. Fifty years on, the film remains as elusive, mysterious, philosophical, breathtaking and meaningful as ever.