"Eolomea" is an 80-minute live action film from 1972, so it will have its 45th anniversary next year. The director is Herrmann Zschoche and he was among the most known East German filmmakers and he is still alive today in his early 80s. The writer who adapted the original work by Angel Vagenshtain was Willi Brückner. There are actually a handful GDR science-fiction films that have become more known than most of the other (non-war themed) films from that country and it was a bit of a popular genre fitting in with the time back then as it was the age when space was explored. The cast here is a colourful mixture of actors from all kinds of countries, such as the GDR, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, maybe even more.
This film is about a woman (Cox Habbema) examining the disappearance of several space ships and other mysterious developments surrounding space stations and astronauts. And in the center of it all, apparently knowing much more than he admits, is Prof. Oli Tal, played by Rolf Hoppe, one of the most known GDR actors and he is also still alive today way into his 80s. I thought his scenes with Habbema were probably the highlight of the film and really the only moments where I genuinely cared somewhat about the action and the characters. Most of the other supporting characters felt entirely bland and uninteresting to me sadly. Oh yeah, this is a color film which is not to be taken for granted for GDR films of the early 1970s. All in all, I give this one a thumbs-down, but I also may be a bit biased as I have never been too big on SciFi. Only worth checking out for huge lovers of this genre.
This film is about a woman (Cox Habbema) examining the disappearance of several space ships and other mysterious developments surrounding space stations and astronauts. And in the center of it all, apparently knowing much more than he admits, is Prof. Oli Tal, played by Rolf Hoppe, one of the most known GDR actors and he is also still alive today way into his 80s. I thought his scenes with Habbema were probably the highlight of the film and really the only moments where I genuinely cared somewhat about the action and the characters. Most of the other supporting characters felt entirely bland and uninteresting to me sadly. Oh yeah, this is a color film which is not to be taken for granted for GDR films of the early 1970s. All in all, I give this one a thumbs-down, but I also may be a bit biased as I have never been too big on SciFi. Only worth checking out for huge lovers of this genre.