The Man with the Objective Lens
OCT 5, 1961 · 80 MIN · DIR. FRANK VOGEL
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").
Cast
Rolf Ludwig
OS alias Martin Marten
Helga Labudda
Anita
Christine Laszar
Maja Meyer
Erich Franz
Schmitt
Monika Hildebrandt
Heidi
Maika Joseph
Hertha
Erik S. Klein
Benno
Gertraud Kreissig
Hanna
Micaela Kreißler
Blöckchen
Eduard Kubat
Physikprofessor
Axel Müller
Otto
Uta-Maria Schütze
Hilde
Crew
Screenplay
Paul Wiens
Director of Photography
Horst Hardt
Editor
Christa Wernicke
Original Music Composer
Gerd Natschinski
