Release, runtime and language

1987 · 107 mins · English

Directed by

Giuliano Montaldo

Starring

Burt Lancaster, Kate Reid, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Andrea Occhipinti, Andréa Ferréol

The film follows a controlled experiment in which fifteen strangers are sealed inside a decommissioned nuclear fallout shelter. Cut off from the outside world, their psychological responses to prolonged isolation and stress are observed. As tensions rise, they ultimately manage to endure, and the situation ends without disaster.