Dec 18, 2012 - Sale 2299

Sale 2299 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
GÖSTA ÅBERG (1905-1981) DR. CYCLOPS. 1940.
39 1/4x27 inches, 99 3/4x68 1/2 cm. A.-B. Kopia, Stockholm.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds and in image.
A mad scientist in the jungles of Peru shrinks five of his colleagues using the radiation he has been experimenting with. The diminutive group tries to flee through the jungle and then returns to confront the scientist, ultimately breaking one of his glasses lenses (hence the term Cyclops) and then killing him. The film garnered an Academy Award nomination for its special effects and was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, the (uncreditted) director of King Kong. This is the Swedish version.