The Youth Elixir
1975Movie1 h 27 min
61
DecentGoodWatch score61
DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
An old geriatrics professor accidentally discovers after a high-school reunion a potion that can rejuvenate anybody and uses it on him and his friends. They all go their new youthful ways but, for most of them, things don't go according to plan.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Audiences 61GoodWatch 62
IMDb6.1
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than most sci-fi movies, −12 min on the typical 99
typical 9987Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Released
1975
January 1, 1975
51 years ago
Genres
Science FictionFantasyLanguage
Romanian
Original language
Made in
Romania
Directing · 1
- Gheorghe Naghi Director
Writing · 3
- Nicolae Ștefănescu Writer
- Beno Meirovici Writer
- Alexandru Andrițoiu Writer
Sound · 1
- Silviu Camil Sound Engineer
Art · 2
- Marcel Bogos Production Design
- Ioana Sturdza Production Design
Other crew · 1
- Ion Anton Cinematography
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