Directed by Gottfried Kolditz • Drama • With Jana Brejchova, Alfred Muller • 1976 • 95 minutes
A delirious early 1970s space opera produced by the East German state-run studio DEFA and directed by Gottfried Kolditz, the insanely groovy IN THE DUST OF THE STARS (1976) features a nonstop underground disco where partygoers spritz hallucinogenic mouth-spray, scantily clad super-models voguing in a sculpture garden, tons of glam-rock boots and glittery eyeshadow and red leather space-suits.
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