

The Mole People
...a savage civilization a million years old, raging with blood-lusting fury!
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a five millennia-old mutant Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
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- Language
- English
- mushroom
- sacrifice
- ritual
- expedition
- earthquake
- glacier
- prologue
- creature
- archaeologist
- albino
- hidden civilization
- mesopotamia
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Dec 1956
- Theatricalre-release1 Jan 1964
FranceFR
- Theatrical13 Sept 1957
ItalyIT
- Theatrical1 Jan 1961
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The Mole People was released on 1 December 1956.
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Wuchak
3/8/2026
**_A lost civilization of Sumerians found in mountainous Mesopotamia_** The most interesting thing about this flick is how it influenced the original Star Trek a decade later. (Of course, “Forbidden Planet” had the biggest influence on that show, which debuted the month before this flick started shooting). Disregarding the prologue & first act, “The Mole People” is very similar to a Star Trek episode, just minus S…
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