The Man with the Objective Lens (1961)
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").
- Released
- 1961-10-05
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frank Vogel, Paul Wiens
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Rolf Ludwig as OS alias Martin Marten
- Helga Labudda as Anita
- Christine Laszar as Maja Meyer
- Erich Franz as Schmitt
- Monika Hildebrandt as Heidi
- Maika Joseph as Hertha
- Erik S. Klein as Benno
- Gertraud Kreissig as Hanna
- Micaela Kreißler as Blöckchen
- Eduard Kubat as Physikprofessor
- Axel Müller as Otto
- Uta-Maria Schütze as Hilde