Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR

Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR (2021)

May 11th, 20210h 0min

Documentary
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Overview

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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