Movie

The Man with the Objective Lens

1961★ 5.5 · 61h 20mComedyScience Fiction

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").

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Cast

Erik S. Klein
as Benno

Maika Joseph
as Hertha

Rolf Ludwig
as OS alias Martin Marten

Otto Stark
as Eugen

Marianne Wünscher
as Verkäuferin

Christine Laszar
as Maja Meyer

Erich Franz
as Schmitt

Sabine Thalbach
as Reporterin vom Betriebsfunk

Monika Hildebrandt
as Heidi

Eduard Kubat
as Physikprofessor

Micaela Kreißler
as Blöckchen

Gertraud Kreissig
as Hanna