Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR

Explore Utopia in Babelsberg - Science Fiction aus der DDR (2021), including ReelBot’s take, cast, runtime, where to watch, and similar movies worth adding to your list.

2021 · Documentary · TMDB 6.0/10

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.

Directed by Knut Elstermann

Cast