[Classic Sci-Fi ] Five (1951) avi

Five people are spared when a blast from a super nuclear device kills all of humanity on earth. They are Roseanne Rogers, a married pregnant woman, who was shielded in a x-ray room; Michael, ex-GI College grad and everyman; Charles, a black security guard & poet; Mr. Peters, the aging bank manager (Charles and Mr. Peters were in the bank's vault when the blast hit); and Eric, the spoiled, elite, cosmopolitan foreigner--saved by chance as a solo climber on Mt. Everest at the time of the blast. One by one, they end up in the cabin--a lot of symbolism: Eric, the decadent European/racist who represents the snake; Charles, the bank guard, who is the sensitive poet and philosopher; the bank manager, Mr Peters, who brings the memories of the past; Roseanne, the virgin mother searching for a missing husband; and Michael, the everyman--a hard-working, no nonsense guy. Soon after Mr. Peters' death, the small group Eric's evil ways bring hell to the Eden--with murder, greed, arrogance and death in their small world, killing Charles and exposing the newborn baby to the toxins of the dead city. By the end of the movie only Micheal and Roseanne are left, on a small plot of land, facing the sunset--the final survivors as Adam and eve.