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The World of Ghosts

1974 · 6 min

Documentary · Science Fiction

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A six-minute DEFA short that montages lurid covers from West German sci-fi pulp—especially the Perry Rhodan series—over an electronic/musical collage (including “Glory, glory, hallelujah”) and a polemical voiceover. Framed as a warning against a U.S.-style, militarized “future,” the film critiques capitalist sci-fi imagery (spaceship battles, soldiers vs. aliens/robots) and counters with the claim that “this is not our future.”

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  • Director Joachim Hellwig
  • Writer Joachim Hellwig
  • Writer Claus Ritter

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