''Eolomea'' is a 1972

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directed by

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, based on the book of the same name by

Angel Wagenstein Angel Raymond Wagenstein ( bg, Анжел Раймонд Вагенщайн) (born 17 October 1922) is a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. Wagenstein was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, but spent his childhood in France where his Jewish family emigrat ...

. The film was an

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n coproduction.

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

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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 Ivan Asenov Andonov ( bg, Иван Асенов Андонов; 3 May 1934 – 29 December 2011) was a Bulgarian film director and actor. He directed more than thirty films, and is best known for his cinematography on '' Ladies' Choice'' (198 ...

: Daniel Lagny *

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: Prof. Oli Tal *

Vsevolod Sanayev Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (Все′волод Васи′льевич Сана′ев; 25 2, o.s.February 1912 in Tula, Russian Empire – 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sanay ...

: Kun, the pilot * Peter Slabakov: Pierre Brodski * Wolfgang Greese: Chairman *

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: Navigator *

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: Capt. Sima Kun *

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: colleague of Scholl *

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: colleague of Sima Kun

Editions

The original, uncut version of the film was rereleased by the DEFA Film Library at the

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in 2005.

References

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. . *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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eolomea 1972 films 1970s science fiction films German science fiction films Soviet science fiction films East German films 1970s German-language films Bulgarian science fiction films 1970s German films