# Panik im Jahre Null (1962)

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**Original title**: *Panic in Year Zero!*
**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Ray Milland
**Written by**: John Morton, Jay Simms
**Starring**: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel, Joan Freeman, Richard Bakalyan

> *An orgy of looting and lust!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hills ablaze at dusk a car radio crackles. 
A family flees looters and chaos. 
Ray Milland directs a stark 60s apocalypse.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch, raw

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