1987 computer as forecast by 1960 east bloc SF flick

Here's a look at "the world's largest supercomputer" in the socialist utopian future predicted by a 1960 East German science fiction film

The movie is "Der Schweigende Stern," released in the west as "First Spaceship on Venus."

Like other Soviet-bloc films, it forecast a utopian future in which socialist scientific advancement led the world.

In this scene, the scientists are using the supercomputer to decipher an alien message recorded on a device ejected from an alien spacecraft before it crashed.

The movie is full of pretty cool high-concept SF stuff that you didn't see coming from the West in those years.

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[majormixer]

Basically a prophecy of todays internet. However this depicts one entity having control instead of "anyone" having access to the internet.

Internet access today is available now to everyone and not just high level scientists and government entities. The worlds knowledge is free to everyone except for the the few countries who suppress this information !

China , for instance does not allow " youtube "

Why ? Any one supressing information has something 2 hide. Security understood but the rest ?

[kruppenstein]

it's funny how their idea of the computer that would be most suitable for the task was "the world's largest" and not "the world's fastest".

[67tr876]

@Sviolinist I know a guy who did one in 1985 to that Q-Link internet

[homebuiltindoorplane]

and just to think, that fashion and technology ended up being exactly as they depicted. I was at the computer building this morning and got to play pong on their giant black and white screen!:)

[Supersonicguerilla]

Why it is operated by a baker?

[therealsporadicaarmy]

funny that all that power that took up huge rooms is now in a cell phone today

[nightflyer28]

In fairness, a lot of US movies showed how our technological advancement would enable us to lead the world. Not always optimistically - "The Forbin Project" comes to mind. Similar humongous computer complex running things.

[HinnSara]

At least this sf flick represents the diversity of the world more than what usuall came out of Hollywood at the period

[MrShivanu]

They all are wearing Indian clothes!

[HyperGolem]

@majormixer

Yes, China wants to keep their people in a leash, they want them to believe that no other place on earth is better than China, otherwise they would start a revolution.

[Sonesifi]

Reminds me of the teletubbies cool playhouse.

[kailoonthedog]

Why we need this kind of super computer to decipher alien message when we have google translate