Fantastic Fiction: Science Fiction From Beyond the Iron Curtain: The Silent Star

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In 1960, when the Cold War was at its height, a remarkable science fiction film called The Silent Star was released in East Germany. It not only featured an international and multiracial crew on the first mission to Venus, but it also demonstrated that despite ideological differences, the East and West shared the same fears.