ZPG: Zero Population Growth (1972)
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22% of users liked it
(108 ratings)
This provocative sci-fi outing is set in an over-populated, horribly polluted 21st century where child-bearing has become illegal. To help ease the tension and stress caused by not procreating, married couples use robot dolls to substitute for children. One couple decides to break the law and have a… More This provocative sci-fi outing is set in an over-populated, horribly polluted 21st century where child-bearing has become illegal. To help ease the tension and stress caused by not procreating, married couples use robot dolls to substitute for children. One couple decides to break the law and have a real baby in secret. Unfortunately, their neighbors find out and demand that the couple share the baby with them. The other couple does so, but finds that the neighbors get too attached to the infant. They stop sharing their child, and the neighbors becomes so angry that they report them to authorities. The couple and their baby are arrested and sentenced to death. Fortunately, the clever husband anticipated this and made a few plans in advance. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Campus
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG,
- In Theaters
- May 25, 1972 Wide
Critic Reviews
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James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
Oliver Reed goes through the entire motion picture with a permanent scowl which implies that he is either severely constipated or pissed off with his agent for letting him star in a piece of B-movie crud like this . . .
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Cast
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Geraldine Chaplin
as Carole McNeil
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Diane Cilento
as Edna Borden
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Anne-Lise Gabold
as Baby Shop Father and Mother
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Lone Lindorff
as Mother
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Victor Lipari
as Headwaiter
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David Markham
as Dr. Herrick
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Bill Nagy
as President
- Claus Nissen
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Oliver Reed
as Russ
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Sheila Reid
as Dr. Mary Herrick
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Aubrey Woods
as Dr. Mallory
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Bent Christensen
as Baby Shop Salesman
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Don Gordon
as George
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Peter Ronild
as Edict Doctor
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Birgitte Federspiel
as Psychiatrist
