---
title: 'The Quiet Earth (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Geoff Murphy'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'New Zealand'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-quiet-earth-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Quiet Earth (1985)

1985 · R · 91 min · Drama, Science Fiction · New Zealand


## Synopsis

The Quiet Earth is a 1985 New Zealand post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge and Peter Smith as three survivors of a cataclysmic disaster. It is loosely based on the 1981 science fiction novel of the same name by Craig Harrison. Other sources of inspiration have been suggested: the 1954 novel I Am Legend, Dawn of the Dead, and especially the 1959 film The World, the Flesh and the Devil, of which it has been called an unofficial remake.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Geoff Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoff-murphy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Charles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-charles)
- **Producer:** [Don Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-reynolds), [Sam Pillsbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-pillsbury)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Bartle](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bartle)
- **Editor:** [Michael J. Horton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-j-horton)

## Cast

- [Bruno Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-lawrence)
- [Alison Routledge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-routledge)
- [Pete Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-smith)

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