''We'' (german: Wir) is a 1982 German science fiction film written by , directed by
Vojtěch Jasný
Vojtěch Jasný (30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director, screenwriter and professor who has written and directed over 50 films. Jasný made feature and documentary films in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, USA & Canada, and ...
and produced by German TV network
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
. The film presents a world of harmony and conformity within a united state of technocratic progressivism.
It is based on the 1921 novel ''
We'' by the Russian writer
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin ( rus, Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ zɐˈmʲætʲɪn; – 10 March 1937), sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fictio ...
.
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
A diary is a written or audiovisual record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal ...
that he intends to be carried upon the completed spaceship.
Cast
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Dieter Laser
Klaus Dieter Laser (17 February 1942 – 29 February 2020) was a German actor. Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language productions. He achieved recognition for his lead role in the 2009 film '' The ...
as D-503
*
Sabine von Maydell
Sabine von Maydell (born 9 October 1955, Baden-Baden, Germany) is a German television actress. From October 1984 to March 2014, she was married to actor Claude-Oliver Rudolph. She has a son and a daughter, Oona von Maydell, who is also an actres ...
as I-330
*
Gert Haucke
Gert Haucke (1929–2008) was a German film and television actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Rumpelstilzchen'' (1960) as Haushofmeister
* ''Das Glück läuft hinterher'' (1963) as Bedeutender Mann
* ' (1966), as Arthur
* ' (1968, TV miniseries), as ...
as S-4710
*
Joachim Dietmar Mues
Joachim Dietmar Mues (1945–2011) was a German stage, film and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in mod ...
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
Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog (28 June 1908 – 9 May 1989) was a German actor.http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13495155.html He appeared in more than seventy films from 1943 to 1989.
Filmography
References
External links
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Audio r ...
as Wohltäter
* Hanna Ruess as U-27
See also
* ''
The Glass Fortress'', a 2016 film based on the same novel
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, tt0164234, We
1982 television films
1982 films
Dystopian films
Films based on Russian novels
Films based on science fiction novels
Films based on works by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1980s German-language films
German-language television shows
German science fiction films
German television films
West German films
ZDF original programming
1980s German films