Z.P.G. Page #3

Synopsis: In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble. (Z.P.G. stands for Zero Population Growth.)
 
IMDB:
6.4
PG
Year:
1972
97 min
177 Views


Who says?

I say.

Thank you.

Delicious.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Well, that's our

1971 exhibition for today.

Hope you enjoyed yourselves

And saw some interesting things.

Now Russ and George will take

you to the pond pavilion

Where you'll see

some bodies of water

That were known

as lakes and ponds.

Some contained edible fish

now extinct.

As you know,

during the spatial crisis,

These bodies of water

were filled in

To make room for housing.

Oh, good evening,

Mrs. McNeil.

Good evening.

Is Dr. Mallory in?

Yes, doctor's in his office.

May I speak to him, please?

Just a moment.

Yes, nurse?

Mrs. McNeil, doctor.

Turn her on.

Hello, carol.

Good evening, doctor.

I'm listening.

I'm listening, carol.

Doctor, I went to

the baby shop today,

And I just couldn't go through with it.

Go on.

Well... also...

I find it very difficult...

to make love.

Have you used

the audio-Visual erotica?

Yes, but it just doesn't seem.

To stimulate me.

That's unusual, carol.

Most women find it helpful.

I know.

Doctor, I just

can't bring myself

To believe all this.

I just don't understand myself.

I know I'm very lucky really.

I have a much freer life

And unusual space

And oxygen privileges

And better rations

And even a vegetable garden,

but...

Lots of women would like

to be in your place, carol.

I know.

I know.

Doctor, I...

Go on, carol.

Go on, carol.

Go on, carol.

Doctor, I want to have a baby...

my baby.

That's impossible, carol.

I know, but I want my own baby.

You know that's

impossible, carol.

No one is allowed to have a baby

For the next 22 years.

I know, but I want one.

That is not reality, carol.

Your life is reality.

You must learn to

understand and accept it.

It is as it is,

And it will be

until the day you die.

That is the only reality.

The only reality, carol.

The only reality.

Welcome to twilight city,

Northeast division,

sunset sector.

The society wishes to express

Its sincere and extreme pleasure

At your visit.

To those citizens here

for the first time,

A very special welcome.

We know you will find the

tranquility of twilight city

Very gratifying

And the smiling faces

of our senior citizens

Richly rewarding.

Doctor...

it's carol.

How is he?

He's been very depressed.

It's carol, doctor.

Doctor, it's carol.

Carol.

He recognizes you.

After all,

you were one of his babies.

He brought you into the world.

We conquered cancer...

and then heart disease...

and all the rest of it...

and for what?

If this is living...

I'm alive...

and you'll never have a baby.

We didn't know.

We just didn't know.

The society wishes to remind you

That there are only

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Max Ehrlich

Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892, Berlin – 1 October 1944, Auschwitz concentration camp) was a German actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s. Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including leading roles in Max Reinhardt productions and revues. He appeared in 42 films, ten of which he directed, and on eight records. He wrote several books, including From Adelbert to Zilzer, his best-selling humorous collection of stories and anecdotes about sixty-two of his best known show business friends and colleagues. more…

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