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The World of Ghosts (1974)
Directed by Joachim Hellwig
Documentary, Science Fiction · 6m
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.”
Crew
- Director
- Joachim Hellwig
- Writer
- Joachim Hellwig, Claus Ritter
Details
- Original title
- Die Welt der Gespenster
- Release date
- 1974-01-04
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Documentary, Science Fiction
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme