Eolomea

Eolomea
Eolomea
	Cover of 2005 re-release
Directed by	Herrmann Zschoche
Written by	Willi Brückner
Starring	Cox Habbema; Ivan Andonov; Rolf Hoppe; Vsevolod Sanayev; Peter Slabakov;
Cinematography	Günter Jaeuthe
Edited by	Helga Gentz
Music by	Günther Fischer
Release date	1972;
Running time	79 minutes
Countries	East Germany; Soviet Union; Bulgaria;
Languages	German, Russian

Eolomea is a 1972 science fiction drama film directed by Herrmann Zschoche, based on the book of the same name by Angel Wagenstein. The film was an East German/Soviet/Bulgarian coproduction.^[1]

Story

Eight spaceships disappear and radio contact to the enormous space station "Margot" is broken off. Professor Maria Scholl and the high council decree a flight ban for all other spaceships. Nevertheless, one ship succeeds in leaving earth. The cause of all these strange events is the mysterious signals in Morse code coming to earth from the constellation Cygnus. Deciphered, they say the word "Eolomea," which seems to refer to a planet. With Captain Daniel Lagny, an unmotivated eccentric, Maria Scholl undertakes the risky journey to the space station "Margot" to uncover the secret, only to discover that a secretly planned expedition of stolen spaceships is leaving for Eolomea against the will of the government.

Cast

Cox Habbema: Prof. Maria Scholl
Ivan Andonov: Daniel Lagny
Rolf Hoppe: Prof. Oli Tal
Vsevolod Sanayev: Kun, the pilot
Peter Slabakov: Pierre Brodski
Wolfgang Greese: Chairman
Holger Mahlich: Navigator
Benjamin Besson: Capt. Sima Kun
Evelyn Opoczynski: colleague of Scholl
Heidemarie Schneider: colleague of Sima Kun

Editions

The original, uncut version of the film was rereleased by the DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2005.^[2]

References

^ Fountain, Clarke. "Eolomea (1972)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ "DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst". Retrieved 22 May 2011.

Bibliography

Fritzsche, Sonja. "A Natural and Artificial Homeland: East German Science-Fiction Film Responds to Kubrick and Tarkovsky." Film & History (03603695) 40.2 (2010): 80–101.
Kruschel, Karsten: "Leim für die Venus. Der Science-Fiction-Film in der DDR." Das Science Fiction Jahr 2007 ed. Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke. Heyne Verlag, 2007: 803–888. ISBN 978-3453522619.
Lessard, John. "Iron Curtain Auteurs." Cineaste 34.3 (2009): 5–11.
Stott, Rosemary. "Continuity and Change in GDR Cinema Programming Policy 1979–1989: the Case of the American Science Fiction Import." German Life & Letters 55.1 (2002): 91.

External links

Eolomea at IMDb

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[1] Fountain, Clarke. "Eolomea (1972)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[2] "DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst". Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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