Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA (4 films) (1960-1976)
de Gottfried Kolditz, Herrmann Zschoche, Kurt Maetzig
Eureka Entertainment - 20 mai 2025
Titre Original : The Silent Star / Signals: A Space Adventure / Eolomea / In the Dust of the Stars
Audio : English, German
Sous-titres : English
Durée : 6h06
Format : Coffret Blu ray 4 films Limited Edition / Import UK
Zone : B
Genre : SF
Synopsis
The Silent Star / Signals: A Space Adventure / Eolomea / In the Dust of the Stars
Contenu et Bonus
- Limited edition hardcase featuring new artwork by Carly A-F
- Limited edition 60-page collector’s book featuring an introduction by Mariana Ivanova, Academic Director of the DEFA Film Library, and new writing by DEFA historians Sebastian Heiduschke, Sonja Fritzsche and Evan Torner
- All four films presented in 1080p HD from restorations by the DEFA Foundation
- Reversible inner sleeve artwork featuring new designs for each film by Carly A-F
- Signals: A Space Adventure presented from a new 6K scan of the original 70mm camera negative
- Eolomea presented from a 4K scan of the original 70mm camera negative
- The Silent Star and In the Dust of the Stars presented from 2K scans of the original 35mm camera negatives
- The Robot (Klaus Georgi, 1968) – animated short produced by the DEFA Studio for Animation Film
- Jana and the Little Star (Christl Wiemer, 1971) – animated short produced by the DEFA Studio for Animation Film
- Love 2002 (Joachim Hellwig, 1972) – documentary short on the future of love in East Germany produced by the DEFA Studio for Newsreels and Documentary Films
- Optional English subtitles on all features and shorts, newly revised for this release
- New audio commentaries on all four features by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove
- Marx Attacks – new video essay by Daniel Jonah Wolpert on In the Dust of the Stars
- Blast Off – new interview with science fiction scholar Mark Bould
- Red Skies – new interview with Soviet cinema expert Claire Knight
- British Filmmaker Visits DEFA (1959) – archival newsreel documenting Anthony Asquith’s visit to the set of The Silent Star
- A Rocket in the Soviet Zone (1959) – archival newsreel covering the making of The Silent Star
- Cosmonaut Dreams – archival featurette on the making of Eolomea, featuring special-effects cameraman Kurt Marks, costume designer Barbara Müller-Braumann and technician Jan-Peter Schmarje
- Dusting Off After 30 Years – archival interview with Peter Suring, director of photography on In the Dust of the Stars
- Original theatrical trailers