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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 100 min.) : sound, color |
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Online access with DDA: Kanopy
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Kanopy playlist Video 1. Der schweigende Stern = The silent star (01:33:32) -- Video 2. The first British film week in the GDR : Newsreel 1959/34B/8, Visit to the DEFA studio (01:27) -- Video 3. A rocket in the Soviet Occupied Zone and The Silent Star : Newsreel 1959/40B/9 (00:38) |
| Summary |
The first science-fiction film brought out in East Germany, The silent star is based on Stanislaw Lem's mysterious novel, The astronauts (1951). In it, an international expedition is sent to Venus to decipher a message found in the Gobi desert, and discovers it is a declaration of war on Earth. This original and unedited version of the film is here available for the first time with English subtitles. The silent star has its own unique Cold War history. When it hit theaters during the US/ USSR space race set off by the Sputnik launch, the movie was praised as a technical masterpiece. An altered version of the Polish/East German co-production then appeared in the US in 1962, under the title First Spaceship on Venus; dubbed and 15 minutes shorter, this version introduced new names, changed the dialogue and deleted important scenes and characters. Special features include designs for Alfred Hirschmeier's sets and trailers for other East German sci-fi films; see the DEFA Film Library website for other interesting articles and educational materials about the film |
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Title from title frames |
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Based on the novel "Astronauci" (The Astronauts) by Stanislaw Lem; adapted to film by J. Fethke, W. Kohlhaase, G. Reisch, G. Rücker, and A. Stenbock-Fermor |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1960 |
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This version produced by DEFA Film Library |
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Camera, Joachim Hasler ; special effects, Ernst Kunstmann ; music and sound effects, Andrzej Markowski ; sound, Kurt Eppers, Günter Witt ; editor, Lena Neumann ; production managers, Martin Sonnabend, Henryk Szlachet ; executive producers, Hans Mahlich, Edward Zajicek |
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Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Günther Simon, Kurt Rackelmann |
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German with English subtitles |
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Interplanetary voyages -- Drama
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Life on other planets -- Drama
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Astronauts -- Drama
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Astronauts.
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Interplanetary voyages.
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Life on other planets.
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Venus (Planet) -- Drama
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Venus (Planet)
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Space operas (Motion pictures)
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Internet videos.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Science fiction films.
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Science fiction films.
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Space operas (Motion pictures)
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Internet videos.
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Films de science-fiction.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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Maetzig, Kurt, 1911-2012, film director.
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Forge, Jean, $e screenwriter.
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Kohlhaase, Wolfgang, 1931-2022, screenwriter.
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Reisch, Günter, 1927- screenwriter.
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Rücker, Günther, screenwriter.
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Stenbock-Fermor, Alexander, Graf, 1902-1972, screenwriter.
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Tani, Yoko, 1932-1999, actor.
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Lukes, Oldrich, 1909-1980, actor.
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Machowski, Ignacy, 1920-2001, actor.
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Ongewe, Julius, actor
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Simon, Günther, 1925-1972, actor.
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Hasler, Joachim, 1929- actor.
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Markowski, Andrzej, 1924-1986, composer (expression)
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Lem, Stanisław.
Astronauci
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme, production company.
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Film Polski, production company.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. DEFA Film Library, film distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), publisher.
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