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Released
1983 · FILM

Testament

“They never had a chance to see their children grow up. To watch each other grow old. To fix up the house, to take that vacation. Because it only took an instant to shatter their dreams.”

Directed by
Lynne Littman
Written by
Carol Amen, John Sacret Young
Runtime
90 min
DramaSci-Fi

Synopsis

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until a shocking event disrupts the peace. News breaks that a series of nuclear warheads have been detonated along the Eastern Seaboard and, closer to home, in California. As people begin to cope with the devastating aftermath of the attacks—many suffering from radiation poisoning—the Wetherly family struggles to survive.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Suzanne PettitShot by Steven PosterScored by James HornerDesigned by David Nichols

Box Office

1983 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.0M

Budget$1.5M
Worldwide gross$2.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Das letzte Testamentde

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