Forbidden Planet 4K 1956 Ultra HD 2160p

A spaceship is flying toward the planet Altair IV, where there was once an Earth colony. While still in orbit around the planet, Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen) receives a warning from the surface about the dangers of landing, but he takes the risk and lands the ship.

The only inhabitants of Altair IV are Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Ann Francis)—who was born and raised on the planet—and Robbie, a robot he built. While the officers explore Morbius’s home—a place filled with technological wonders and reminiscent of an earthly paradise—the ship is attacked by a mysterious, invisible monster that kills one of the crew members. The security measures taken initially prove ineffective, but eventually the monster is stopped by force fields and driven off by blaster fire.

It turns out that beneath the planet’s surface lies a titanic machine, created by the vanished Krell civilization, capable of bringing to life the mental images of whoever learns to control it. It was with the help of this machine that Morbius created his marvelous home. But he failed to take into account that the machine also perceives images beyond the control of the conscious mind—and thus arose the “monster of the subconscious,” which had once destroyed the colony and was now attacking the ship’s crew.

In the end, the monster destroys Morbius and vanishes itself. The spaceship departs the planet, taking Altair with it.

User Review

The Future. Earthlings have built their own flying saucers and settled throughout space. Then, the colony on Altair stopped responding, so Earth sent a ship to investigate. It turned out that there were only two survivors—Dr. Morbius, a philologist and linguist, and his young daughter, Altair. The rest were slaughtered by something no one had ever seen. Morbius urges the Earth forces to leave before it’s too late, but they decide to stay—and almost immediately begin to die...

There are movies that never get old, even though special effects have changed and many years have passed. But “Forbidden Planet” isn’t one of them. For seventy years now, it has consistently proven two things: practical effects are quite capable of standing the test of time, and the plot formulas of Hollywood blockbusters haven’t changed all that much since then. You could easily imagine this plot in a modern film; any changes would be purely cosmetic. And yet it turned out to be interesting, lively, and cool—there’s room for blasters, alien technology, a love story that doesn’t slow down the plot, and intriguing twists... Essentially, this is the perfect blockbuster script, where everything seems standard but is still engaging and works.

The special effects—which remained the best in film history until the release of “2001: A Space Odyssey”—also work well. Even the laser fire doesn’t look particularly unnatural. The flying saucer, the alien base, and a ton of cool little details—everything on screen is wonderful, especially when combined with the rich, vibrant, and warm color palette characteristic of films from that era. But the real star was the robot Robbie, who was even given his own credit—even though the robot wasn’t real; an extra was sitting inside. He went on to appear in a wide variety of films and in various roles for a long time afterward, well into the 2000s—of the entire cast of this film, only Leslie Nielsen achieved greater fame; here, he was still quite young and bore little resemblance to the comedy actor many remember him as. Generally speaking, among the actors—not counting the robot—Morbus stood out the most; he turned out to be a vivid character. The rest, including Nielsen, unfortunately, fall a bit short, except perhaps for the comical, alcoholic cook. But that doesn’t mean they’re bad.

Overall, “Forbidden Planet” is a film with no real flaws.

Everything in it still looks wonderful, and the elements that have aged—such as certain designs—don’t look dated but rather like charming retro touches that are still a delight to the eye. It’s a perfect example of a timeless classic and a must-see.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (90.9 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 2.55:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.55:1

Info Audio

#English: DTS-HD Master Audio3.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
#English: FLAC 1.0
#French: Dolby Digital 1.0
#German: Dolby Digital 1.0
#Spanish (Latino): Dolby Digital 1.0
#Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0
#Portuguese: Dolby Digital 1.0
#Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Info Subtitles

English SDH (PGS), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (Metropolitan) (PGS), German SDH (PGS), Greek, Italian (PGS), Norwegian (PGS), Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian) (PGS), Portuguese (European), Spanish (Castilian) (PGS), Spanish (Latin American) (PGS), Swedish, Turkish.