We (1982 film)

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.

We
Wir (1982) - Film Poster
Directed byVojtěch Jasný
Produced byGerman TV network ZDF
Written byClaus Hubalek
Yevgeni Zamyatin (novel) (as Jewgenij Samjatin)
StarringDieter Laser
Sabine von Maydell
Gert Haucke
Joachim Dietmar Mues
Music byJan Novák
CinematographyMartin Strauß
Norbert Zinkand
Production
company
German TV network ZDF
Running time
98 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Plot

One thousand years after the One State's conquest of the entire world, the spaceship Integral is being built in order to invade and conquer extraterrestrial planets. Meanwhile, the project's chief engineer, D-503, begins a diary that he intends to be carried upon the completed spaceship.

Cast

  • 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

  • The Glass Fortress, a 2016 film based on the same novel

References

  1. Anybody (October 22, 2014). "Vojtech Jasný – Wir (1981)". WorldsCinema.org. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
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