Z.P.G. Page #4

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


21 days to Christmas.

From the dawn of recorded time,

There have been festivities

Coinciding

with the winter solstice.

Assyrian, Babylonian,

and Egyptian civilizations,

All worshipping the sun in

different manifestations,

Celebrated

with priestly sacrifice...

baby!

Baby!

We got another one.

Come quick.

Baby!

Baby!

No! No!

No!

Baby!

No!

Baby!

No!

Transgressors

at public square 171.

Keep clear of

the extermination chamber.

Do not interfere with our

sector security officers.

Do not interfere with our

sector security officers.

Stand back.

Attention, attention...

Citizens Thomas

and Alice Johnson,

According to

the zero-Birth edict,

You have been found guilty

Of a most devastating crime

against humanity.

You are hereby

sentenced to death...

I'm the one.

I saw it first. I'm the one.

Here's your bonus,

extra rations.

Well done.

Against the society.

Guilty of the most devastating

crime against humanity.

Guilty.

Guilty.

You are hereby

sentenced to death.

Sentenced to death.

Death.

Death.

I want a baby, doctor.

I want my own baby.

That's impossible, carol.

You know that's impossible.

It's not reality.

This is the only reality.

The only reality.

The only reality.

I'm alive,

And you'll never have a baby.

We didn't know.

We just didn't know.

Never have a baby.

Never.

Never.

You know I...

don't think about it.

I can't help it.

I know.

You can't know how I feel.

Go and take care of it.

Go on.

It's just a doll.

It's only a doll.

It's a fake...

plastic.

Wire and wheels.

It doesn't love me

Can't see me.

It's only a fake.

Call to peter.

Call to peter, Edna.

He can't even see me.

He doesn't know me.

He's plastic.

He needs you.

He loves you, Edna.

Call to him.

Without you he'll die.

Without you he's lost.

Don't turn away from him.

Don't turn away from him now.

Don't desert him.

Where are you, mummy?

Come back to him.

Come back.

He's alone.

He's afraid to be alone.

He needs you.

He needs you, Edna.

Peter needs you.

He wants you.

He needs his mother.

Protect him.

Only you can protect him.

Come back to him.

Come back.

He's alone.

He's afraid of the darkness.

He's alone and afraid.

Protect him.

Only you can protect him.

Where is my mummy?

He must know you love him.

Without your love,

He'll be empty and cold.

Without your love,

He'll die.

He'll die.

Why did mummy go away?

Go to him, Edna.

Peter.

Go to him.

Peter.

Oh, my baby.

You're back!

You're back!

My baby.

You're back, mummy!

My baby.

I love you dearly.

Mummy, oh, mummy, I love you!

Oh, peter.

Oh, my baby.

Oh, my baby.

My baby.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Carol, you ready?

Yes, I'll be right with you.

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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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