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.
Knut Elstermann
Writer, Director
The Class of ‘9271%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Captains63%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
Boys State70%
The Matrix Recalibrated69%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Report61%
Public Speaking70%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Room 23761%
McQueen74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
