East German Sci-fi Productions
Any film or television production made in East Germany between the end of WWII (1945) and the reunification (1990) that can be considered science fiction. International co-productions are part of it.
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- DirectorArthur Maria RabenaltStarsHans NielsenTilly LauensteinArno EbertA chemist and his assistant make a groundbreaking discovery. They manage to make butter directly from pasture grass without having to deal with either the cow or the use of dairy products. An industrialist attempts to seize the invention.
- DirectorKurt MaetzigStarsYôko TaniOldrich LukesIgnacy MachowskiWhen an alien artifact discovered on Earth is found to have come from Venus, an international team of astronauts embarks to investigate its origins.
- DirectorFrank VogelStarsRolf LudwigChristine LaszarHelga LabuddaEine humoristisch-satirische Filmkomödie, die einen Mann aus dem Jahre 2222 für einen Tag in den DDR-Alltag der Gegenwert geraten ist. Mit Hilfe eines Gedankenlesekristalls deckt er einige Unkorrektheiten und moralische Schwächen im VEB "Schöne Zukunft" auf. (source: http://www.spittel.de/sf/filme/filme.htm) A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" - "State Owned Holdings") .
- StarsGunter SchoßOtto MelliesVera OelschlegelSet in the 21st century, a global socialist security organization is concerned over a new energy source, of possible alien origin, falling into the hands of one of the last remaining capitalist countries and turned into a super-weapon.
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsPiotr PawlowskiEvgeniy ZharikovGojko MiticIn the middle of the 21th century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate.
- DirectorHerrmann ZschocheStarsCox HabbemaIvan AndonovRolf HoppeEight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist in charge, Maria Scholl, sees no other solution than ordering a total flight stop to this mysterious sector of space. Her colleague, Prof. Tal seems to be suspicious since he knows things before they are even released. A forbidden look into his personal file brings to light that Tal was part of the Eolomea project that never found approval of the commission in charge.
- DirectorJoachim HellwigStarsChris WallaschEmöke Pöstenyi
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsJana BrejchováAlfred StruweEkkehard SchallAfter a six year journey, the Spaceship Cyrno lands on the planet TEM 4 from where they had received a call for help. Strangely enough, the Temers deny having sent this message. As commander Akala prepares the spaceship to leave they get an invitation from the rich ruler of TEM 4 to be a part of a lush party. Not only do the opulent food and the seductive dancers cloud their minds, but also the drugs mixed into their food manipulate their consciousness. Only navigator Suko was left behind on the spaceship for security reasons and makes an unexpected, terrible discovery.
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsErwin GeschonneckVlastimil BrodskýJaecki SchwarzA senior professor is kidnapped in the park by residents of a veterans home. Once there, he is asked to invent a "rejuvenating machine" to restore their youth.
- DirectorJens-Peter ProllStarsEberhard EscheVolkmar KleinertRuth GlössProfessor Tarantoga meets his guest, who had contacted him from a mental institution. Hippekorn come from the future. Professor Tarantoga tries to find out whether the man is crazy, or indeed from another time and world.
- DirectorHorst SeemannStarsGrazyna SzapolowskaChristian GrashofKäthe ReichelIn the 22nd Century, antiquities command huge prices. A woman uses a time machine to travel back the the 19th Century in order to buy paintings from Vincent Van Gogh before he was famous. Will she be wealthy upon her return?