Underplayed Gems

Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten (1974)

Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten poster
Genre
science fiction television series
Country
Germany
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This German science fiction series shows a damaged world in the year 2009. Pollution from the 1970s and 1980s has destroyed much of the natural environment. A television channel reports on life in this disaster zone.

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What happens

Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten ("Telerop 2009: There is still something to be saved") is a German science fiction television series. It was created under the direction of Eberhard Itzenplitz and Michael Kehlmann and first aired on 10 July 1974 on ARD. The series portrays a dark future for 2009. As a result of environmental pollution during the 1970s and 1980s the natural environment is largely destroyed. For instance the use of pesticides killed off plants with only insects surviving, smog is a permanent problem, Germany partly turned to a steppe landscape and the share of oxygen in the air fell to 16%. Telerop is a television channel which reports from this disaster zone of Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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