"Im Staub der Sterne" or "In the Dust of the Stars" is an East German film from 1976, so it has its 40th anniversary this year. The writer and director is Gottfried Kolditz, one of the most known and most successful filmmakers from the GDR and next to the Sauerkraut western films, this one here is also among his most known works. Now this country is mostly known for black-and-white films and if there is color than it's usually still very bleak for a film. But this one here is an exception. It is a science fiction film that is packed with colorful sets and costumes. These should not distract from the evil characters and dark drama during these 98 minutes though.
I myself cannot say I enjoyed the watch too much. It was nice because it was something different occasionally, but never a really convincing watch. It is about a spaceship crew who helps planets who ask for their help, but during their newest mission they find out quickly that things are not exactly what they seem here. The acting is solid, but the script just did not feel (good) enough for a runtime over 60 minutes. It becomes pretty absurd occasionally and the storytelling and character writing could have been much better. i must say I liked the idea of the emergency call just being a trap and I also thought the bearded guy made a good antagonist, but in his quest for relevance Kolditz included even bigger more powerful villains the longer the film went and it became all fairly stereotypical and almost comical. This one is only worth seeing for the biggest SciFi fans. I am none of them and so I give it a thumbs-down.
I myself cannot say I enjoyed the watch too much. It was nice because it was something different occasionally, but never a really convincing watch. It is about a spaceship crew who helps planets who ask for their help, but during their newest mission they find out quickly that things are not exactly what they seem here. The acting is solid, but the script just did not feel (good) enough for a runtime over 60 minutes. It becomes pretty absurd occasionally and the storytelling and character writing could have been much better. i must say I liked the idea of the emergency call just being a trap and I also thought the bearded guy made a good antagonist, but in his quest for relevance Kolditz included even bigger more powerful villains the longer the film went and it became all fairly stereotypical and almost comical. This one is only worth seeing for the biggest SciFi fans. I am none of them and so I give it a thumbs-down.