As a portion of the Sun breaks away to form the Moon, creating a fiery ball which causes violent upheavals on earth, Sanna, a beautiful young maiden of the primitive Rock Tribe, escapes the sacrifice for which she has been prepared and is swept out to sea by tremendous winds. She is eventually rescued by Tara, a fisherman of the Sand tribe, but her troubles are only just beginning. For Tara’s woman, Ayak, jealously provokes her people against Sanna, who flees into the wilderness and finds shelter in the egg of a dinosaur…..
Production Details
A Hammer Film production released by Warner Brothers
Copyright MCMLXIX Hammer Film Productions ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound Recording
Made at Shepperton Studios Limited, Shepperton, Middlesex, England and on location in the Canary Islands
Technicolor 100 mins
Filming Began: 12th September 1968
UK Release: 25th October 1970
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey
Location:
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Fortaleza de Ansite, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Caldera de Tejeda, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Amurga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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Footnotes
The special effects for this film earned Hammer their one and only Academy Award nomination.
Victoria Vetri was another of those curvaceous young beauties whom Hammer appeared to be grooming for stardom. Again, though, like so many others she seems to have disappeared without trace after this film.
Actor Patrick Allen was well known to TV audiences for his role in the ITV drama series Crane. His films include the Planet Films sci-fi thriller Night of the Big Heat (1967, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee).
Actress Imogen Hassall was known for playing sexy, scantily clad characters in film and on TV. She committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 38.