įilm critic Phil Hall said "They don't make films like this any more, and we should be glad for that." The film was criticized for a lack of scientific evidence.Īnthropologist Robert Ardrey called it science Fiction. release of Chariots of Gods grossed $25,948,300. The film was re-edited and dubbed into English by Sunn Classic Pictures for release in the United States in 1973. Some of these include the Bible, the Pyramids, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Nazca Lines. The viewer is then presented with various ancient texts, architecture, and artwork. It claims that it is likely that all religions began in a similar fashion. The film begins by introducing the cargo cults established by South Pacific Natives after coming in contact with American planes in World War II. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It is based on Erich von Däniken's book Chariots of the Gods?, a pseudoscientific book that theorizes extraterrestrials impacted early human life and evolution. Von Dniken's books have been translated into 28 languages, and have sold 60 million copies worldwide. Chariots of the Gods ( German: Erinnerungen an die Zukunft) is a 1970 West German documentary film directed by Harald Reinl. While managing director of a Swiss hotel, he wrote his first book, Chariots of the Gods, which was an immediate bestseller in the United States, Germany, and later in 38 other countries.
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