"This collection brings together three cold-war fantasies of space travel and    Communist domination of the known universe, blending outrageous camp and         Marxist ideology" (The New York Times). The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection includes uncut and remastered versions of: The Silent Star (Kurt         Maetzig, East Germany/Poland, 1959, 78 mins.), based on the best-selling novel The Astronauts by Poland's most famous science-fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem; Eolomea (Herrmann Zschoche, East Germany/Soviet Union, 1972, 90       mins.), in which scientists on a space station investigate a spate of          disappearing space ships; and In the Dust of the Stars (Gottfried        Kolditz, East Germany/Romania, 1976, 95 mins.), about a strange frequency that emanates from a distant planet populated by peculiar humanoids.                  Kurt Maetzig/Herrmann Zschoche/Gottfried Kolditz---East Germany/Soviet Union/Poland/Romania---1959-1976---270 mins.