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Aelita, the Queen of Mars


Date: 1924
Type: Sci-Fi / Propaganda
Rating: 2 Stars 2/5
Colour: Black and White / Silent
Director: Yakov Protaznov
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

An engineer dreams of travelling to Mars and the queen of Mars falls in love with him through a telescope that see can see him from Mars. The plot is reall a bit of a mess mixing propaganda, romance, revolution, dreams and sci-fi. What makes this film of note are the sci-fi sections on Mars with great sets and costumes. THis is said to be the first Russian sci-fi film. This is only of interest to people who like early silent sci-fi films.

Actors


Yuliya Solntseva
Nikolai Tseretrli
Valentina Kuindzhi
Nikolay Batalov
Vera Orlova
Konstantin Eggert

Oscars

None