The Day the Sky Exploded Italian La morte viene dallo spazio is a 1958 ItalianFrench science fiction film directed by Paolo Heusch. It is known as the first Italian science fiction film, predating even the science fiction films of Antonio Margheriti.
The Day the Sky Exploded was shown in Rome, Italy in September 1958. It was shown in France in 1959.In a contemporary review, The Monthly Film Bulletin stated that The producers of this FrancoItalian science fiction film have turned to stock footage to such an extent that this might well be termed the stockshot film par excellence. and that this disparate material has been quite ingeniously assembled and that the film was otherwise ourtine and tamely directed ........
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