The World of Ghosts
1974 · 6 min · Documentary, Science Fiction
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.”
- Director
- Joachim Hellwig
- Writers
- Joachim Hellwig, Claus Ritter
- Released
- January 4, 1974
- Language
- German
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