We (German: Wir) is a 1982 German science fiction film written by Claus Hubalek, directed by Vojtěch Jasný and produced by German TV network ZDF. The film presents a world of harmony and conformity within a united state of technocratic progressivism.[1] It is based on the 1921 novel We by the Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin.[2]
| We | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Based on | We Yevgeni Zamyatin (as Jewgenij Samjatin) |
| Written by | Claus Hubalek |
| Directed by | Vojtěch Jasný |
| Starring | Dieter Laser Sabine von Maydell Gert Haucke Joachim Dietmar Mues |
| Music by | Jan Novák |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Producer | German TV network ZDF |
| Cinematography | Martin Strauß Norbert Zinkand |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | 1982 |
Plot
editOne thousand years after the One State's conquest of the entire world, the spaceship Integral is being built in order to spread the state's supposedly proven recipe for justice and happiness for all to other planets. Meanwhile, the project's chief engineer, D-503, begins a diary that he intends to be carried on the completed spaceship.
Cast
edit- Dieter Laser as D-503
- Sabine von Maydell as I-330
- Gert Haucke as S-4710
- Joachim Dietmar Mues as Erster Arzt
- Susanne Altschul as O-90
- Giovanni Früh as R-13
- Wolfgang Kaven as D-504
- Dieter G. Knichel as Zweiter Arzt
- Kurt Lambrigger as Delinquent
- Marga Maasberg as Altes Weib
- Heinz Moog as Wohltäter
- Hanna Ruess as U-27
See also
edit- The Glass Fortress, a 2016 film based on the same novel
References
edit- ^ Anybody (October 22, 2014). "Vojtech Jasný – Wir (1981)". WorldsCinema.org. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Thomas Koebner (ed.). Filmgenres: Science Fiction. Reclam. pp. 397–401. ISBN 9783159601342.