This is an extract of a Sci-fi film made back in 1920's Russia. Aelita was the queen of space who fell in love a man on earth after seeing him on her futuristic television.
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Nejlepší z celé Aelity je její knižní podoba - sovětští marsonauti za 4 hodiny překonají dráhu mezi Moskvou a rudou planetou a rozhodnou se, že Leninovy myšlenky rozšíří i na Mars. A místní je vypoklonkují. A kladní hrdinové zbytek cesty zpět řeší, proč tu krásnou ideu nepřijali ani na Marsu.
The female lead is quite stunning. Strong women in Science Fiction right from the beginning - it must be something we yearn for, probably being quite fed up with patriarchy deep inside.
Where are the subtitles, or whatever those text inserts are called for silent films?
Awesome. I have long been familiar with Russian Constructivism, Futurism, and Suprematism in other media however, I have yet to see much influence of these movements in early cinema. As you said in your description, Stalin must have kept films like these suppressed. Thanks for the upload.
As a student of History of Cinema, I have to disagree with you.
I don't care if you approve Socialism or not, but saying that Russian didn't have art from Lenin's take of power to the fall of Soviet Union, means to ignore Ejzenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, Grotowski and many other directors and autors.
Check Karel Zeman movies from Czechoslovakia! I was raised on them :)
I love early scifi movies and electronic music. Especially Russian school, and Czechoslovak movies by Karel Zeman.
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Personally I detest socialism. I hate it with a passion. But this movie was made during the civil war if I'm getting the timeline correct. Yes there were still Artists in Russia, but Lenin deffinately did not promote it. It was the Russian people who tried to protect it at all cost. So much art was destroyed in the Bolshevik takeover. It wasn't until Stalin took over the Soviet Union when the purges began that lasted until 1991. Russia had almost no art.
oh, that's precious...... I mean really, films like that are true gems... thanks for sharing....... it would be nice to be able to listen to the original music score as well... I bet it would be some sort of strange proto-electronic-noise thing. Pretty amazing stuff was done during the first soviet years. Soon thereafter, only downfall.
Was accompanied by the theremin, a funny instrument that makes strange irrealistic sounds ::))
баухаус отдыхает, кто же в наше время способен на такие прорывы?
Very unique. I wonder what the original musical score would have sounded like.
It's wonderful finally to see actual footage from this film, not just a still or two in a history book. Beautiful print, too! The abstract sets are striking, but I can't help thinking the "naked umbrella" hairdos looked silly even in the 1920s.
Wild concepts and great sets! It's amazing how much cinema from the eastern bloc we never had access to, until recently. Very cool stuff!