Product Details

• Actors: Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michail N. Postnikow
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
• Language: German
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Run Time: 270 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009WIEHU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,717 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DEFA SCI FI COLLECTION - DVD Movie

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, August 30, 2005

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jrc "jrcasey" (Jonesboro, AR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection (DVD)

Just reviewed my DEFA SCI FI collection. There are a few minor points about the Amazon listing for this collection. Note that it only contains 3 discs, not the 5 as listed. All of the features are presented in anamorphic widescreen in the proper ARs.

All three films are presented in German with English subtitles. The quality is quite good overall. The weakest transfer is the earliest, SILENT STAR (aka FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS). The transfer is a bit soft and there are some occasional minor color fluctuations around reel changes. It still looks much better than Image's DVD of FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (the only other 2.35:1 transfer of this title on DVD).

The other two films were released in 1972 and 1976. I had never seen them before and found them interesting.

The SILENT STAR disc was obviously made in cooperation with UMASS, and probably contains most of the same extras that their $185 disc contains!

For fans of Euro Sci-Fi, this is a very interesting collection that I highly recommend.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shame about the letterboxing, January 6, 2007

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Shugg (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection (DVD)

While it is wonderful to have these very interesting films available, it is a terrible shame that they are not presented anamorphically, but letterboxed. The subtitles are also infuriating - if you zoom the picture in, the subtitles on the 2 newer films lose their second line as they are not in the picture frame. Excellent prints and extras however. It's good to see a SF perspective that is completely out of the Hollywood zone.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eine richtige Schande!, June 14, 2009

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J. MOLDOVAN - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The DEFA Sci-Fi Collection (DVD)

The subtitles are almost completely useless. A shame if you don't speak German because the films are OK. With this fault in mind, the disks are a bit pricey.