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The People Who Own the Dark
Theatrical release poster
SpanishÚltimo deseo
Directed by León Klimovsky
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyMiguel Fernández Mila
Edited bySoledad López
Music byMiguel Asins Arbó
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
CountrySpain

The People Who Own the Dark (Spanish: Último deseo, lit.'Last Wish') is a 1976 Spanish post-apocalyptic thriller directed by León Klimovsky starring Nadiuska and Alberto de Mendoza.

Plot

A group of wealthy men who have survived an apocalyptic fallout unscathed mingling with female prostitutes in a high-class orgy in a secluded countryside mansion- brothel face the attacks of a violent horde of blinded townsfolk. [1] [2] [3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Vicente Aranda, Joaquim Jordà [ es] and Gabriel Burgos based on a story by Burgos. [4] Shooting locations included the Cartuja de Talamanca de Jarama [ es] in the province of Madrid. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Schlegel, Nicholas G. (2015). Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema. The Spanish Horror. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 155; 158. ISBN  978-1-4422-5115-1.
  2. ^ Madrid Brito, Débora (2019). La humanidad en peligro. Alteraciones y suplantaciones del ser humano en el cine español 1992-2014 (PDF). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. pp. 114–115.
  3. ^ "18 Festival de Sevilla. Catálogo" (PDF). Festival de Cine de Sevilla. 2021. p. 244. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Último deseo (Ciclo 'Galaxia Ibérica: el cine de ciencia ficción español')" (PDF). Universidad de Zaragoza. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e Schlegel 2015, p. 155.
  6. ^ "Principales rutas del fantástico en la Comunidad de Madrid" (PDF). Comunidad de Madrid. Retrieved 14 May 2023.