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Omicron (1964)

102 min · Comedy, Science fiction

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Directors

Ugo Gregoretti

Cast

Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter, Gaetano Quartararo, Dante Di Pinto, Ida Serasini, Calisto Calisti, Mara Carisi

An alien from a world intent on taking over Earth inhabits a worker believed dead and struggles to function among humans.

The story

During a walk, two young brothers and their babysitter discover factory worker Trabucco wedged inside a concrete pipe; everyone believes he is dead. In fact, he is possessed by Omicron, an ethereal being from the planet Ultra, whose inhabitants want to take over Earth. Before an autopsy, Omicron makes Trabucco’s body function again, but cannot decipher human language because he has not yet awakened human knowledge. The body’s extraordinary mechanical abilities help him get rehired at his former factory, where he must manage without understanding the people around him.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

During a walk, two young brothers and their babysitter find the body of a worker, Trabucco, wedged inside a concrete pipe. Everyone believes he is dead. In fact, he is possessed by Omicron, an ethereal being from the planet Ultra, whose inhabitants want to take over Earth. Before Trabucco-Omicron can be subjected to an autopsy, he manages to make the body containing him function. But he cannot decipher human language because he has not yet managed to awaken human knowledge. Meanwhile, thanks to his body’s extraordinary new mechanical abilities, he is rehired at the factory where he used to work. He gets up to all kinds of mischief and tries to assault Lucia, a worker in the company cafeteria. He then discovers the place where the workers planning to go on strike meet and unwittingly betrays them. When he realizes that he loves Lucia and begins to regain consciousness, Omicron would like to return to his planet, but he cannot do so until Trabucco is killed while urging the workers to strike. By now, the invasion of the world has begun.

Genres

Comedy, Science fiction

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