EOLOMEA
dir. Hermann Zschoche, 1972
East Germany. 82 min.
In German with English subtitles.

SATURDAY, JULY 6 – 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 – 10 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 20 – 10 PM
THURSDAY, JULY 25 – 10 PM
SUNDAY, JULY 28 – 7:30 PM

This is a wordy space odyssey in widescreen, based on a book by leftist and anti-fascist Angel Wagenstein. An unresponsive space station divides two heavyweights on the aeronautics council, Professor Tal and his protégé Maria. Tal is hiding information, which Maria playfully tries to tease out of him with talk of former heroics and the mystery planet Eolomea, aka “eternal spring”. Meanwhile we catch up with Maria’s old flame Daniel, a jaded space jockey who is also putting together clues to the whereabouts of the people on space station Margot. EOLOMEA includes a funky score from Günter Fischer, which puts an excellent touch on beautiful miniature sets and 70’s intergalactic effects.