Loss of Feeling

Part science fiction, part class struggle – dreams and nightmares involving machines: Russian-style. To be on the safe side, this politically explosive issue is "relocated abroad". Jim Ripple, an engineer, invents robots controlled by saxophones and radio signals. As far as the capitalists are concerned, this is the "solution to the proletarian problem", and they immediately hit on the idea of creating an army of emotionless fighting machines. Jim's brother Jack is a workers' leader and organises strikes against the robots, who will produce nothing but unemployment. The humanoid machines are set on the strikers, but the workers fight back ... (Berlinale)