The Man with the Objective Lens

Overview

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" – "State Owned Holdings").

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 5, 1961

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

DEFA

Cast

Monika Hildebrandt,Uta-Maria Schütze,Gertraud Kreissig,Christine Laszar,Eduard Kubat,Axel Müller,Marianne Wünscher,Helga Labudda,Erich Franz,Erik S. Kleinand 5 more

Director

Frank Vogel

Writer

Willi Brückner,Paul Wiens

Cinematography

Horst Hardt

Music

Gerd Natschinski

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0055137