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Wir (1982)

Wir poster
Directed by
Vojtěch Jasný
Genre
drama film, dystopian film
Country
West Germany
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a future society, everyone lives under constant surveillance and must conform to strict rules. A mathematician begins to question the system when he falls in love.

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What happens

We (German: Wir) is a 1982 German science fiction film written by Claus Hubalek, directed by Vojtěch Jasný and produced by German TV network ZDF. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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