The Man with the Objective Lens (1961)

Name: The Man with the Objective Lens
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1961-10-05
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Rolf Ludwig, Helga Labudda, Christine Laszar, Erich Franz, Monika Hildebrandt

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").

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Released 1961-10-05 · 80 min · Comedy, Science Fiction

Directed by Frank Vogel

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
Otto Stark as Eugen
Sabine Thalbach as Reporterin vom Betriebsfunk
Marianne Wünscher as Verkäuferin