Eolomea (1972): Cast & Plot

Authorities responsible for Earth’s spaceflight safety grow increasingly concerned over unexplained incidents at the Margo space base, where several ships and their crews have disappeared over three days. After a special session, the Institute of Space Research issues a temporary flight ban until the cause is identified. Professor Maria Scholl Cox Habbema suspects that fellow scientist Olo Tal [Rolf Hoppe] is withholding key information. She arranges a private meeting and learns about an unusual phenomenon observed in the late 19th century by British astronomers: a mysterious light in the Cygnus constellation that appears every 24 years. Soviet astronomers, after the first space flights, hypothesized that the light could be an artificial signal, potentially a powerful laser probing the Solar System for signs of life.