Aelita . Aelita: Queen of Mars
Based on Alexei Tolstoi's story Aelita. Engineer Los' creates a spaceship to travel to Mars in, and takes off. He is accompanied by Red Army soldier Gusev, who dreams of accomplishing a socialist revolution on Mars, and detective Kravtsov, who suspects that Los' murdered his wife and...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
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Mezhrabpomfilm
1924
Soviet Union |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:3416600e-4ee3-4b2f-a63e-532a714d7180 |
| Summary: | Based on Alexei Tolstoi's story Aelita. Engineer Los' creates a spaceship to travel to Mars in, and takes off. He is accompanied by Red Army soldier Gusev, who dreams of accomplishing a socialist revolution on Mars, and detective Kravtsov, who suspects that Los' murdered his wife and is trying to escape. The revolution on Mars fails due to Martian minister Evor and the resistance of Aelita, the princess of Mars. When the heroes are on the edge of perishing, Los' wakes up and realizes that the story was just a dream. Avant-garde stage design, using the elements of cubism and constructivism, was executed for the film by Alexandra Exter. |
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| Published: | 1924 |