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.
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- Released
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- RBB, MEDIA PARK GmbH
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Knut Elstermann as Narrator
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Knut Elstermann · Director, Writer
Ingo Röske · Editor
Sven Woldt · Producer
Günter Thimm · Producer
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