Space; where wars stay cold
1959, USSR, Black &White, 95 minutes
Casting information: Classified
Commercial information: Not relevant. Money is a capitalist construct.
A war has erupted in space between humanity and a malevolent alien force. Through the leadership and technology of the Soviet Union all enemies are overcome and the world is united through the leadership of the enlightened Party of the Proletariat. While this is a particularly blatant example of political science fiction we should not kid ourselves, all fiction is politics, especially science fiction. However there are some great moments, nothing quite like the massed Red Army duking it out with what appeared to be several hundred trucks covered in what I can only hope was greenery.
Watch out for – A Red Army tank driver lecturing US president Dwight Eisenhower as they escape from the burning Statue of Liberty. The subtext of this is that even the most humble of Soviet Citizens is the political equal of a capitalist leader.
Quote – "So you see Dwight, that's how exploitation of the working classes combined with rampant consumerism fueled by capitalism made your people little better than the child-eating, Statue of Liberty-destroying monsters."
Reviewed by Juan Incognito
