638848
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The World of Ghosts

1974-01-04 de 6m
DocumentaryScience Fiction
A six-minute DEFA short that montages lurid covers from West German sci-fi pulp—especially the Perry Rhodan series—over an electronic/musical collage (including “Glory, glory, hallelujah”) and a polemical voiceover. Framed as a warning against a U.S.-style, militarized “future,” the film critiques capitalist sci-fi imagery (spaceship battles, soldiers vs. aliens/robots) and counters with the claim that “this is not our future.”

Director

Joachim Hellwig

Writer

Joachim Hellwig

Writer

Claus Ritter

Cinematography

Wolfgang Randel

Status

Released

Countries

  • East Germany
  • Germany

Companies

  • DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme