Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR
2021•6.0•Released
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.
Director
Knut Elstermann
Writer
Knut Elstermann
Languages
German
Studio
RBB
Cast
Knut Elstermann
Narrator
Production
Company
RBB
Company
MEDIA PARK GmbH
Producer
Günter Thimm
Producer
Sven Woldt
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