DramaYear1981Duration3h 5mIMDb5.5

Artemis 81

DramaSci-FiThriller

The epic battle for the future of mankind is fought between an angel of light and an angel of death.

Trailer

Cast

AR

Alastair Reid

Director

Hywel Bennett

Gideon Harlax

Dinah Stabb

Gwen Meredith

Dan O'Herlihy

Albrecht Von Drachenfels

Sting

Helith

Anthony Steel

Tristram Guise

Roland Curram

Asrael

MW

Margaret Whiting

Laura Guise

Ian Redford

Jed Thaxter

ME

Mary Ellen Ray

Sonia

CG

Cornelius Garrett

Pastor

SB

Siv Borg

Pastor's Wife

FB

Frode Berg

Pastor's Son

Ingrid Pitt

Hitchcock Blonde

Daniel Day-Lewis

Library Student

Sylvia Coleridge

Library Scholar

Sevilla Delofski

Magog

PG

Patricia Gallimore

Nurse

EF

Eleanor Forsythe

Mother

DR

David Rudkin

Writer

Comments

5 Comments

Tjela NaphthaMay 29, 2023

source: Artemis 81

BOKOSSA MABICKANov 16, 2022

Artemis 81

@EmprezzBangura💋Nov 16, 2022

This is the most excruciating, teeth-grindingly slow and incomprehensible piece of television I have ever sat through. It is almost unbelievable that this once received over three hours of Christmas prime-time terrestrial television programming. If anyone out there has seen this and can tell me anything about what was going on at virtually any moment of the proceedings after the author's van blows up, can they please e mail me and enlighten accordingly. I felt that this could have been at least an hour shorter but perhaps the extreme length was part of the makers intention. Certainly there are many striking images and memorable lines of dialogue but I found the pace to be impossible to bear at one sitting. Nevertheless, a very brave piece.

DanielNov 16, 2022

Almost forty years ago, I lost three hours of my life watching, and trying to make sense of, this film. I still don't really know what it is about even today, when helpful people have written explanations and put them on the Internet. My main memory is of Gordon Sumner aka Sting, standing on an obviously freezing beach wearing a bathrobe, stating "I am not uncomfortable, I am not of this world", his nose pink with cold. By all means watch this film, but please don't expect to make any sense of it.

Yusuf BhuiyanNov 16, 2022

I first saw this when I was 10 years old and it baffled me. As it's never been repeated or made commercially available I've been waiting ages for a DVD release to see if I can make sense of it. It's a film that deserves a second look, without a doubt - and thankfully the audio commentary with the director and writer explains so much, because without it you'll still be scratching your head and muttering "what the hell was that all about..." In particular, that strange, terrifying Eastern-block country Gideon finds himself in. Fepiz! was the title of DC Thompson's Dandy comic that is seen next to a copy of his own book, and for some reason it's that image that has always stayed with me since '81. Listen to the audio commentary for an explanation of that strange language and the city as a whole. A fine and Fepiz work? Not a masterpiece by any means, verging on the pretentious at times but brave, ambitious and with some disturbing imagery that will remain with you for a long time.

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