CinemaOSMovie · 2021

Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR

60%(2)Documentary

DEFA made several science fiction films that are hardly known today. These productions, called "utopian films" in the GDR, show astonishing technical achievements. ...Science fiction at DEFA was never a war of the stars, no alien invasion, but in most cases an establishment of contact with the alien via signals, a recurring plot motif. Communication instead of confrontation. These films provide information about the image of a coming socialist society, about expectations and hopes, and they were counter-images to the officially condemned Western SF art.

Directed byKnut Elstermann

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Status
Released
Language
DE
Released
May 11, 2021
Studios
RBBMEDIA PARK GmbH

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1 credited
Starring

Knut Elstermann

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Creative team
Directed by
Knut Elstermann
Written by
Knut Elstermann
Produced by
Günter Thimm
Sven Woldt

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